PhotoVoice at the London Art Fair - how did it go?
Posted 26 January 2012
London Art Fair 2012 came to an end last Sunday. Read about the highlights of our involvement and listen to the best bits of our panel debate!
Full of amazing exhibitors, inspiring talks and hidden art treasures(have you seen robots that can draw your portrait or the real time video painting?), this year’s London Art Fair finished last Sunday.
We were delighted by the amount of interest in our work and would like to thank all of you who visited our stall, expressed interest in getting involved, or simply shared their own photographic experiences.
After seeing all the funky stuff at the Fair, PhotoVoice is a breath of fresh air, said a teacher from East London, who was thrilled to get her school involved in our Lookout London touring exhibition (you can too!) and use our Waiting teaching resource (available online).
The BIGGEST thank you goes to our volunteers! Ingrid, Anthony, Pavla, Marc, Susana, Jeni, Ashley and Caroline - you were amazing!
CAN IT OR HAS IT?
The highlight of our presence at the London Art Fair was the panel debate “Airbrushing the world: Can photography change society?” hosted by PhotoVoice Project Manager, Matt Daw and attended by four amazing photographers.
Listen to the highlights of the talk (order of appearance: Ania Dabrowska, Jess Crombie, Stephen Sidlo and Jenny Matthews)
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Lots of different issues were raised surrounding the main theme - the perpetual discussion on image fatigue (Does it exist or not?), the importance of streaming images into the right audience, or the accountability of photographers, journalists and news agencies (Who is ultimately responsible for using photos out of their original context?).
Ania Dabrowska, the documentary and fine art photographer, talked about her work with PhotoVoice (World Vision, Lookout London), her eye-opening project on dementia prepared in collaboration with Wellcome Trust, and the importance of historical memory and fighting stigmas.
One day, a man from Lebanon came to me with suitcases full of negatives. He used to be a journalist in his country and was documenting the life and social rituals of his people for nearly 30 years. We need to find a way to preserve it.
Jess Crombie, Head of Film and Photography at Save the Children, recognized the power of images to convey messages.
Stephen Sidlo, the editor of Demotix, a citizen journalism website, and Jenny Matthews, the photojournalist, talked about the danger of using images for manipulation.
Again, thank you all who attended (it was fully booked!) and hope you enjoyed it just as we did, one hour was definitely too short!
Can photography change society? Join our discussion on Facebook!
Rights! Cameras! Action! News from Scotland
Posted 20 January 2012
Becky Duncan, PhotoVoice’s facilitator and consultant in Scotland, talks about the launch of the RCA project in the Scottish Parliament.
The Scottish contribution to the Rights! Camera Action! Project kicked off in August 2011. It was a typical weathery day in a west coast Scotland town: all four seasons crammed into a day’s worth of sky. The group of young people producing the work was similarly typical: all varying skills and unique insights, but a commonality of culture and experience regarding their rights brought them together.
We discussed photos from around the world and thought about how to portray issues through images. We had a detailed discussion on the UNHCR Rights of the Child Convention. Many rights they took for granted, but quite a few were a surprise to the group. Coming from difficult backgrounds, many didn’t realise their views were supposed to be respected, that they should be protected from violence, that they had a right to play and relax. We talked. Then we got creative.
The issues chosen and images produced by the group went forward for inclusion in the Rights! Camera! Action! Exhibition, which ran at the Scottish Parliament from 12th to 16th December 2011. Around 20 young people’s photographs and captions relating to different rights were displayed in the working wing of Holyrood, right under the noses of the Members of Scottish Parliament.
Golds, greens, lighter yellows, deep reds and the odd blue MSPs whizzed past the exhibition, several times a day. Over the course of the week most MSPs saw the work. Many stopped to chat. Many were impressed. On one occasion, an MSP approached me and told me that her inaugural speech in the debating chamber had been around Article 31: “Children have the right to relax and play and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities”. She had a proud smile. She’s still there, years later, ensuring that right is withheld.
The young people involved in this project shared experiences, learned new skills and collectively considered their rights. They got creative and they spread their message. Many MSPs saw and absorbed these messages. Some MSPs were even reminded what drove them to public service. I’d say that’s a pretty successful project. I feel privileged to have seen the Rights in Action.
The RCA booklet - listing 42 articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and featuring photos taken by PhotoVoice’s workshops’ participants - is now available! If interested, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Also, visit our Rights! Cameras! Action! multimedia resource!
PICS Festival 2012 logo!
Posted 12 January 2012
Proudly announcing the logo for our photographic festival in May this year. PICS Festival is prepared in collaboration with a debate platform GlobalNet21.
PICS Festival 2012. Photographic Images Changing Society
Event date 19 May 2012
In May 2012 PhotoVoice and Globalnet21 will collaborate to present the PICS Festival, celebrating the role that photography can play in changing society for the better.
The one-day festival will take place in the Hub Westminster and will feature a photographic exhibition showcasing the output of a variety of projects by organisations and individuals that aim to bring about positive social change through photography, alongside a programme of talks, panel discussions and workshops (including Sensory Photography, Visual Literacy, Self-Portraiture and Identity). The festival will feature examples of photojournalism, participatory photography, citizen journalism and sensory photography, among others.
In the lead up to the Festival a number of activities and events will take place to raise public and press interest in the topic, including meetings, webinars, exhibitions and podcasts.
When?
Saturday 19th May 2012, 11am – 5pm
Where?
The Hub Westminster, 1st Floor, New Zealand House,
80 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4TE
T: 0207 1486 720
E: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
http://hubwestminster.net/
Who?
PICS Festival is a collaboration between PhotoVoice and a debate platform GlobalNet21.
GlobaNet21 has developed over four years to bring new audiences of people into discussions about 21st Century issues using social networks to make the initial contact. In this it has been very successful and gets good audiences for physical meetings and webinars, and has recently explored the use of podcasts and e-learning tools.
However, many marginalised and vulnerable people and groups have not always been connected to these discussions and debates and innovative ways need to be developed to reach out to them in an inclusive “public square”.
If you are interested in exhibiting at the Festival, or getting involved in any other way, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
“Waiting” teaching resource available online!
Posted 06 January 2012
We have just launched a great teaching resource as part of our “Waiting” project dealing with homelessness among young people in Scotland.
More information on the project
PhotoVoice gives a talk at the London Art Fair!
Event date 18 January 2012
Take part in a our panel discussion at the London Art Fair on 18th January.
Come along and check out our stall at this year’s London Art Fair, 18-22 January 2012, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, N1.
We will also be hosting a panel discussion on Wednesday 18th January, 12-1pm, on the subject: Airbrushing the world: Can photography change society?
The aim is hear from professionals with different experiences and perspectives on how photography can be used as a tool for social change, which will then be opened to the floor for questions and debate about the role of photography in bringing about change in behaviour, policy and practice.
Panel members include:
Ania Dabrowska
Ania is a fine art photographer whose practice is extremely socially engaged. She recently received a lot of publicity for her acclaimed ‘Mind Over Matter’ study into Dementia and Alzheimers. She has also been a facilitator on a number of PhotoVoice’s participatory photography projects, including recently the Lookout London project with young people in London being supported to engage positively with gangs and knife crime issues through photography.
Stephen Sidlo
Publishing Editor of Demotix – the citizen journalism website that allows anyone to upload their photo-stories to be pitched to the international media.
Matt Daw
Projects Manager at PhotoVoice.
Jess Crombie
Head of Film and Photography, Save the Children, and Chair of the Humanising Photography group.
Jenny Matthews
Photojournalist with many years of experience documenting conflict zones and issue-affected communities nationwide. She is currently working on a follow-up to her acclaimed book ‘Women and War’
To book your London Art Fair ticket, click here
To book your place for the talk, click here
“Migration, Stories of a Journey” International Photography Award
Posted 20 December 2011
PhotoVoice is thrilled to support the ‘Migration, Stories of a Journey’ International Photography Award launched by Accademia Apulia.
With the Patronage of Amnesty International, the British Council, the European Commission Representation in the UK and the International Organisation for Migration, Accademia Apulia UK is pleased to announce the opening of submissions for their 2011 Photography Award.
‘Migration, Stories of a Journey’ is aimed at promoting emerging photographers of all nationalities based in the European Economic Community whose work explores the lives and development of migrants worldwide.
The focus of this award is to highlight migrants’ struggle and difficulties as they seek a better life in their
adopted country.
Entrants will be assessed by leading figures in the fields of Photography and Journalism:
Barbara Roche - Migration Museum Project
Diane Smyth - British Journal of Photography
Jennifer Francis - The Royal Academy of Arts
John Ingledew - University of Gloucestershire
Lucilla and Fabrizio Barbieri - Coppi Barbieri
Stefano Tura – RAI
Steve Macleod – Metro Imaging
Susan Jenkins - The Art Newspaper
Prize
Three finalists will be revealed on 10 January 2012 and the winner on 10 Feb 2012. Their works will be
showcased in a group exhibition curated by Elisa Canossa at the Royal Horseguards in London. The three
finalists will be flown in as guests of Accademia Apulia for two nights. The winner will also receive € 1000
cash prize.
Entries opened on 18th October 2011 and are free. The closing date for entries is 30 December 2011.
To enter the competition please visit www.accademiapulia.org
How equal are young people? The Right Year For Children launch
Posted 19 December 2011
Two great events inaugurated the launch of The Right Year For Children celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UK ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
No children allowed?
On 15th December, an exhibition showcasing photographs and messages from young people across the country opened at Matrix Chambers, one of the elite barristers’ organization specializing in liberties and human rights. It was followed by an equality workshop for young (under 18 year-olds) child activists and with attendance of some great experts on law, equality and children’s rights.
Carolyne Willow, National Co-ordinator of the Children’s Rights Alliance for England started off by posing a fundamental question - How equal are the children and young people in England today?
Two of the country’s leading discrimination barristers, Karon Monaghan QC of Matrix Chambers and Ulele Burnham of Doughty Street Chambers, stressed the importance of the Equality Act and how it applies to young people’s lives: Karon in her talk on Why we have an Equality Act and why it’s relevant to children and young people, and Ulele in her discussion on Challenging discrimination: real-life stories.
All the participants were asked to bring one object, photograph or picture that they feel symbolizes how children and young people are treated in the UK today. A dice, a wooden box with a sticker on it saying “No children allowed”, a school trophy, a candle and more - all gathered at the workshop table reflecting young people’s personal view on the matter.
Footprints to No. 10 Downing Street
On 16th December, a group of 19 children and young people marched to the Prime Minister HQ to deliver messages from thousands of children all over the country, marking the 20th anniversary of the UK signing up to the UNCRC. They were accompanied by the representatives of four organizations that form the steering Committee of the Right Year For Children celebrations: Alicia Jones of UNICEF, Carolyne Willow of CRAE, Matt Daw and Clare Struthers of PhotoVoice, and Kate Parish of Pupil Voice & Participation England.
Children sent their messages on paper footprints, each footprint symbolizing one signature on this unusual petition, aiming to remind the government to remember young people’s rights when creating new laws and policies.
One of the participants, 18 year-old Rory Murray from Bracknell, told Children&Young People Now:
“It’s an important moment to mark the 20th anniversary. A lot has been achieved in 20 years, especially around giving children the special protection they need, but much more needs to be done. In the next 20 years I hope to see the UNCRC brought into our domestic law. The government is getting there on listening to children but they still have a long way to go.”
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child gives children everywhere over 40 major rights, including the right to education, family support, an adequate standard of living, to health, to play and recreation, to protection from all forms of violence, and the right to be heard and taken seriously. The Convention requires that all children be respected as human beings with views, feelings and ideas of their own.
Unlike many countries, the UK still hasn’t made the Convention part of its domestic law.
Rights! Cameras! Action! resource launch!
Posted 16 December 2011
Our RCA multimedia resource launches with exhibition in Scottish parliament, Edinburgh and Matrix Chambers, London.
In the photo: Sarah White MSP by our RCA exhibition stand.
Double your money if you donate!
Posted 14 December 2011
PhotoVoice has nearly £4,000 match funding available from its Big Give Christmas Challenge.
Make a donation and it will be matched.
Make a donation to PhotoVoice and it will be matched pound-for-pound! After the Big Give, we still have nearly £4,000 of funding from an annonymous donor available to match your donation.
Please donate whatever you can and help PhotoVoice continue its innovative work in using photography to connect the marginalised to the majority.
BIG THANKS in advance and Merry Christmas to you all!
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PhotoVoice Prints For Sale
Posted 07 December 2011
Looking for an exceptional gift this Christmas?
We have a number of prints for sale ideal for that special Christmas gift, from artists including, Sarah Moon, Laura Pannack & John Swannell to name a few!.
Click here for a full inventory of what we have on offer.
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Interview with our new Director, Kevin McCullough
Posted 07 December 2011
A big, warm welcome to our new Director, Kevin McCullough! We are very excited to have him with us & we are sure he is up for a challenge of steering the PhotoVoice ship!
We asked Kevin a few questions about his work, his favourite music and the challenges awaiting in 2012…
Kevin, where are you from and what is your background?
I am originally from Belfast and have had 20 years experience in international development working for organisations including Christian Aid and CAFOD. In the last 4 years I have been doing some work on funding social justice documentary films.
What attracted you to PhotoVoice?
I have known of PhotoVoice’s work for some years. I am concerned about issues of visual representation within the charity sector generally and the international NGOs in particular. PhotoVoice methodology ensures that those who are often the subjects of photography can become its creators, thereby offering a new perspective that challenges people’s prejudice. Through photography the participants are engaged in speaking out about their situations and challenges and expressing their hopes and fears. In this way, photography becomes a tool for advocacy and positive social change.
What are your plans for PhotoVoice in 2012?
It’s still early days – I’ve only been here a week!
I’m very excited about the projects we have in development for next year. Whilst these are tough financial times for the charity sector PhotoVoice supporters are some of the most loyal and generous. I would hope to build upon the excellent work that has gone on before me and engage more deeply with our supporters to build a solid financial future. In the not-to-distant future, I’d like marginalised communities to be leading that process of social change, not just part of it.
Any PhotoVoice project you cherish most?
There are so many excellent PV projects – Visible Rights working with children in Afghanistan, more recently Lookout London working with young people who have experienced homelessness and knife crime and Rights, Cameras, Action raising awareness children’s rights and the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child to name a few. Working with effective partners who are calling for policy change on specific issues is important. For us at PhotoVoice we can play a part in the advocacy process through the tool of photography and story telling. Last week I heard the stories of two young people living in east London and how the Lookout project was potentially life changing for them. By giving expression to their fears and their hopes for the future, the project is succeeding where so many others had fallen short.
Any upcoming PhotoVoice project you are particularly excited about?
The next phases of Lookout and Rights Cameras Action will be very exciting. There are two or three other projects we are working on which are sensitive, complex and yet cutting edge areas of work. What I love about PhotoVoice is that the projects undertaken are not safe but are always attempting to offer space for the visual voice of people living in vulnerable and difficult situations and yet through the experience of the project participants often see their situations in a different way.
What is the biggest challenge for you as Director of a non profit organization?
To continue to be effective, efficient and excellent in what we do. Staying close to our values and finding more ways of involving the wonderful community that is PhotoVoice.
What was the most challenging campaign you have ever worked on?
Make Poverty History - it was big in scale and in its demands of the world’s leaders at the G8. A campaign which engaged some 25 million people in the UK and marching with 250,000 people in Edinburgh was truly inspirational and yet the year had many challenges.
What do you do in your free time?
I am involved in a voluntary capacity with an international charity using sport as a tool for conflict resolution and community development and I’m a mentor for some youth projects in southern Africa. Apart from that reading, music, visits to the cinema, theatre and watching sport.
Tea or coffee?
Coffee – preferably Irish!
Favourite band?
Sorry, it’s Classic FM in the background for me and U2, the Beatles, Kanye West and my son’s band Mammoth Sound (not my style but you have to be supportive!)
If you weren’t working in a charity sector, what would you be doing?
Scoring the winning goal for Leeds United in the Cup Final! Then waking up and fishing from Mangochi on Lake Malawi!
The Right Year For Children launches this week!
Event date 16 December 2011
The Right Year for Children is coming up next Friday (16th December). How will we celebrate?
16th December 2011 marks 20 years since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was formerly adopted by the UK.
EVENTS
Throughout 2011 PhotoVoice has been working with young people all around the UK in order to gather their thoughts and experiences on the relevance and importance of child rights to their lives. The young people involved have included Young Carers, Looked After Young People, Homeless Young People and Disabled Young People.
On December 16th PhotoVoice and Action for Children will launch an online multimedia resource at www.rightscamerasaction.org.uk to inform and engage young people across the UK about UNCRC. A booklet will also be produced to be used as a classroom tool and to signpost the online resource.
PhotoVoice are to showcase this rights-based work in Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in December, to coincide with the 20th anniversary and with a UK-wide press campaign based on raising awareness of this significant landmark.
The exhibition will showcase photographs and messages directly from young people, bringing their voices to the discussion and reminding MPs and public audiences alike of the importance of their perspectives and their engagement in the implementation of any policies or initiatives designed to improve their lives.
On 15th December 2011 exactly the same exhibition will be showcased in Matrix Chambers in London to coincide with an equality workshop for young people, as part of the launch publicity for the Right Year for Children.
On 16th December, young people will march to 10 Downing Street to present footprints from young people all over the UK to remind the government to remember young people and their rights when developing policies and laws.
RIGHT YEAR FOR CHILDREN LOGO
16 year-old Trishna Jethwa from Leicester was the winner of a nation-wide competition for children and young people to create a universal logo to mark the 20th anniversary of ratifying the UNCRC. Organisations working with children and young people, including the Government and local councils, will be encouraged to use the logo as part of their work and commitment to promote and protect children’s rights.
Carolyne Willow, CRAE’s national co-ordinator, adds:
“We hope the winning logo will be used by hundreds of organisations and will really help to increase people’s knowledge and understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Our country signed up to this human rights treaty 20 years ago and we want to get the message out loud and clear that children and young people have their own set of rights protected by international law.”
On 21st November, Trishna claimed her prize by having her design made into a professional logo by PhotoVoice Ambassador Adrian Nunn at the design agency The Big Window who generously donated their time, whilst also meeting Maggie Atkinson, the Children’s Commissioner for England.
Check out our blog regularly for updates and coverage of all the RYC events!
For more information on the project: click here.
Lookout London Exhibition Launch!
Posted 02 December 2011
The Lookout London exhibition launch went off with a bang last night!
Special thanks to all those who came down to enjoy the evening & of course all those project participants, partners & funders who made it possible. The books flew off the table like hot cakes, the travelling exhibition looked great in its debut in the limelight, and lots of the young photographers were there to celebrate their achievement and speak to visitors about their photos and messages. Bianca from Homerton Space Project, and James from Stephen House both spoke very eloquently about their experience on the project, and the evening came to an end too soon for many of us!
A special mention to Hackney Borough Council for generously funding the event & the Crisis Skylight Cafe for superbly hosting it!
The travelling exhibition will now be moving on to Lambeth Council where it will be exhibited in libraries across the borough, helping to widen the reach & impact of this campaign within the capital. Poster versions of the same exhibition materials are available for schools - if you are interested in displaying these materials (provided by PhotoVoice at no cost to you) to generate discussion amongst young people at your school please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Get in touch soon as there are a limited number of poster sets available!
We are not restricting the reach of this project to London either. PhotoVoice has partnered with a fantastic charity called The Photographic Angle, which has the aim of introducing new audiences to photography by touring pop-up exhibitions and taking photography out of galleries and into public spaces and informal spaces. TPA will be touring an exhibition of the work from the Lookout London project all around the UK – watch our website and sign up to the PhotoVoice newsletter to be kept informed of the venues and dates when they are confirmed.
And what next? Well Lookout London is hopefully just the start. The issues we are trying to address are not exclusive to London, and in the next phase of this project we hope to work in a similar way in other parts of the UK – including Manchester, Liverpool, Southampton and Glasgow. PhotoVoice and Chapter 1 will be working together on this next phase, and involving other organisations working with young people to include young people from as diverse backgrounds as possible. If you would like more information about this, or if you think you or your organisation could get involved in some way, please do get in touch by emailing Project Manager Matt Daw - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
If you would like to host the travelling exhibition in your community space - whether it is a library, community centre, service centre, job centre or museum - please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to arrange a date.
To request copies of the book - for yourself or for distribution in your school or youth club, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
*Lookout London exhibition, showcasing works on gang culture and knife crime, will be touring schools and libraries in south London.
Where is it now and what are the next stops?
Downham Library
5th - 11th December
Downham Health & Leisure Centre
7-9 Moorside Road, Bromley, BR1 5EP
Map: click here
Catford Library
12th - 18th December
1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU
Map: click here
Lewisham Library
from 19th December
199-201 Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LG
Map: click here
Don’t miss it!
For more information on the project
VOICES Exhibition Now in Birmingham
Event date 06 December 2011
Previously showcased with a great success at the Hereford Photography Festival, VOICES exhibition moves to BOA in Birmingham.
Part of our international project See it Our Way that focuses on the problem of human trafficking and features photo works of young people from Albania, Lebanon or Pakistan, VOICES exhibition travels from Hereford to BOA, a fantastic creative venue in Birmingham. VOICES is a collaboration between PhotoVoice and The Photographic Angle, an organisation that transforms public spaces into temporary photo galleries.
Lookout London exhibition launch!
Posted 29 November 2011
A BIG thank you to all who came along to the Lookout London exhibition launch - a good time was had by all!
Lookout London poster campaign launched!
Posted 23 November 2011
Check out our Lookout London poster campaign recently launched across the capital - keep an eye out for a poster near you!
If anyone would like to help us broaden our campaign reach by putting up a few posters in your local area to then please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) & I’ll send some out to you!
Posters showcasing at the Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth
Special thanks to all at Shahmoon tv for the generous charity discount on the street ads 
PhotoVoice Auction 2011 Preview Exhibition
Event date 14 November 2011
A preview exhibition of prints in the PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011, which is open for public viewing.
Date:
Monday 14th - Friday 18th November
Opening hours to the general public:
11am-6pm, late night Thursday to 7.30pm
Venue:
La Galleria Pall Mall, 30 Royal Opera Arcade, London, SW1Y 4UY
view map
Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus or Charing Cross
The Silent Auction is now open!
See our online catalogue for all our silent auction lots and details of how to bid!
For details of the Auction night, which takes place on Tuesday 22nd November, and to book tickets please click here.
Auction catalogue
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The PhotoVoice Auction 2011 was a great success!
Event date 22 November 2011
This years Auction was a great success enjoyed by all who attended, and included some brand new features such as the preview exhibition and the Silent Auction text bidding system.
More information and to view images
A BIG thank you to all that attended and helped make the PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011 such a success!
We are very pleased to announce that the overall amount raised was just over £70,000!
It was the first year we’ve introduced text bidding within the Silent Auction and it added an extra element of excitment on the night.
It was also the first year we held a preview exhibition of the prints the week prior to the event at La Galleria, Pall Mall, which everyone who attended also thoroughly enjoyed.
For more details about this year’s Auction and to view the online catalogue, click here.
Watch this slideshow showcasing a selection of the projects and interviews with their participants from 2011:
PhotoVoice Auction previewed in Sunday Times online Spectrum gallery!
Posted 10 November 2011
The PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011 was previewed in the Sunday Times online Spectrum gallery on 6th November 2011 - check out the photos!
Festival Fever at PhotoVoice!
Posted 04 November 2011
PhotoVoice has been a big success recently at both the Hereford Photography Festival and the Delhi Photo Festival
Our Walk in My Shoes exhibition travelled down to Hereford for the festival, complete with new QR codes for instant audio download - see the wonders of technology in action!
Also as part of the festival our very own projects manager Matt Daw together with Anthony Riley of The Photographic Angle, gave a seminar in the use of participatory photography to bring about social change @Fotofilia Gallery in Birmingham on Monday 31st October. Check out the pics!
A slideshow combining work from our See It Our Way and Direct Voices projects, was also a big success at the Delhi Photo Festival. Check out their blog
Donate between 5 – 9 December and your donation will be doubled!
Posted 04 November 2011
Get inviolved in the BIG GIVE Christmas Challenge 2011!
Double your money!
Make a donation to PhotoVoice through the BIG GIVE today or tomorrow and it will be matched pound-for-pound! We have a target of £10,000, which if achieved will result in PhotoVoice getting £20,000 – a huge boost to our projects in these difficult times.
We’ve already received nearly £2,000, so we’re well on our way! Please donate whatever you can and help PhotoVoice continue its innovative work in using photogrgaphy to connect the marginalised to the majority.
BIG THANKS in advance and Merry Christmas to you all!
If you want to become a Friend of PhotoVoice click here
Please email your MP today to keep 400 16 and 17 year olds out of prison
Posted 28 October 2011
Please email your MP today asking them to vote against the new knife crime proposals coming before Parliament on Monday.
As you may have heard, the Government announced on Wednesday that it is planning to introduce mandatory prison sentences of at least 4 months for 16 and 17 year olds found guilty of threatening with a knife. This move which could see up to 400 under-18s ending up in prison.
Knife crime is a serious problem for some communities and we agree that urgent action is needed to address it. But we don’t think that prison is the answer. Instead, we need to look at why ¾ of children and young people who report carrying a knife claim to do so for protection. We need to tackle the barriers that still seem to exist in some communities between young people and the police. And given that rates of knife possession are significantly higher amongst children and young people who have been victims themselves, we need to work with young victims of knife crime, to better support them so they don’t think carrying a knife is a solution.
A survey of 15-18 year olds in young offender institutions published earlier this week found that, whilst nearly every single one of the 1000+ teens interviewed wanted to stop offending, only half felt they had done something whilst inside that would help them to stop offending.
If, like us, you think simply putting 16 and 17 year olds in prison is an expensive way of making things worse, please email your MP ahead of the debate in the House of Commons this coming Monday, 31st October, asking them to vote against this amendment.
To find out who your MP is and to email them, click here.
If you only send one email this weekend, please make it this one.
Stories of the World: Geffrye Museum
Posted 17 October 2011
Over the last five weeks young people from the World’s End Estate have worked with staff from the Geffrye Museum and PhotoVoice to learn and develop photography techniques.
Throughout the project the participants have used photography as a way to engage with and think about what ‘home’ means to them. This project has enabled young people to engage in an open dialogue about their homes and has encouraged them to think about them afresh, exploring ‘what makes a home’ and the way they live.
The work displayed in this exhibition are photographs which they feel signify the themes they discussed the most. Participants have also written corresponding captions which gives you an insight into their lives.
PhotoVoice at HPF: October - November 2011
Event date 31 October 2011
PhotoVoice will be showcased at two venues during the Hereford Photography Festival 2011, and will lead a seminar in the use of participatory photography to bring about social change.
Young people speak out through photography about the risks and root causes of human trafficking in their communities.
· Opens on the 31st Oct 2011 - Presentation begins at 5.30pm
· @Fotofilia Gallery Regent Street, Birmingham B1 3NS
· Closes on the 23rd Nov 2011
A short presentation by Matt Daw of PhotoVoice and Antony Riley of TPA introducing the exhibition and the organisations involved will take place in the gallery from 5.30pm on October 31st.
Walk in My Shoes: 12th-26th October Opening Night
Posted 14 October 2011
Thanks to all that made the Walk in My Shoes exhibition opening a great success!
PhotoVoice would like to thank everyone who made it down to the Southside Shopping Centre on Wednesday night, to help us toast the opening of our Walk in My Shoes exhibition & drink all the wine!
It was a great night, enjoyed by all, including the photographers, friends and families, PV staff, facilitators and project partners.
It was an especially good opportunity for our project participants to finally meet each other in person and talk about each other’s work and life experiences. Everyone loved the audio aspect to the photo-trail, Caroline from the Southside Shopping Centre itself, saying how much depth it added to her overall enjoyment of the photographs.
So, if you haven’t had a chance to make it down yet, fear not there’s still plenty of time, as it’s running until 26th October, so why don’t you take 5 minutes out of your day to take a walk in someones elses shoes?
PhotoVoice showcases work at the Delhi Photo Festival
Event date 21 October 2011
PhotoVoice work from the projects See It Our Way surrounding the issues of human trafficking accross the Middle East and Eastern Europe and Direct Voices, exploring issues surrounding HIV and AIDS in Bosnia and Russia, is being exhibited at the Delhi Photo Festival on 21st October, as part of a slideshow showcasing work produced by children/youth around the world.
Enter the Young Photographers’ Alliance (YPA) competition - Deadline is 7 October!
Posted 05 October 2011
YPA will be offering 2 photographers the opportunity to exhibit an image at the Select Photofair in Hoxton. Apply now! Deadline is 7 October!
Enter the Young Photographers’ Alliance (YPA) competition to win a place to exhibit work at the first annual London Select Photofair.
Sell your photography alongside a range of top photographers and promote your work to commercial clients.
Hosted by leading photographic magazine, Select, the fair will showcase the work of over 30 international photographers from 27 Oct- 24 Nov 2011. The Select Photofair will be promoted to collectors, art buyers, and creatives, enabling its artists to sell prints and attract commercial attention from potential clients.
PhotoVoice showcases work at the Delhi Photo Festival
Posted 03 October 2011
PhotoVoice work included as part of a slideshow showcasing youth produced work from around the world at the Delhi Photo Festival 2011 on 21st October 2011.
Announcement of new PhotoVoice Chief Executive
Posted 26 September 2011
Kevin McCullough will be joining PhotoVoice as chief executive on 28th November 2011.
Kevin joins us from CAFOD where he has been Head of Campaigns for the past three years. In that role he led the Climate Justice campaign, has been a member of the DFID Communications group and has been involved with campaigning work for Why Poverty?, a series of documentaries for 50 broadcasters around the world, including the BBC.
Prior to working at CAFOD he had a number of roles at Christian Aid and he started his career as a youth and community worker for Belfast City Council.
He is a founder member and chairperson of Tipping Point Film Fund, a co-operative working in partnership with the Co-Operative Group to fund film directors working on social justice films. He is also a founder member and chairperson of the charity Global Goals, which supports sports development in poor communities around the world.
He will take over from Dominique Green, who has been chief executive since January 2009. Dominique is leaving to expand her existing role as Delegate to the Berlin Film Festival, responsible for the UK and Eire, and return to the film and photography industries as a consultant.
The trustees are extremely grateful for the work that Dominique has put into PhotoVoice over the past two and a half years and thank her for her considerable contribution.
In Kevin we believe that we have an excellent successor who will bring new skills and experience to PhotoVoice in its second decade and we all look forward to working with him.
Eyes of Youth, Albania in partnership with World Vision
Posted 23 September 2011
Workshops have completed in Kurbin, Albania where young people in deprived communities have documented social issues, in order to engage the local community in working towards positive social change.
More information and image gallery
PhotoVoice Supports The Right Year for Children
Posted 21 September 2011
PhotoVoice has teamed up with the Office of Children’s Commissioner, the Office of Children’s Rights Director and many other children’s and young people’s charities to celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UK.
The Right Year for Children 2011-12
PhotoVoice has teamed up with the Office of Children’s Commissioner, the Office of Children’s Rights Director and many other children’s and young people’s charities to celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UK.
In December 1991, the UK Government made a legal agreement with the United Nations uphold and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the United Kingdom. Find out more about the UNCRC.
We are planning a year of action, beginning November 2011, to celebrate the anniversary and seek greater rights protection for children and young people in England. We hope you will join us!
To find out how you may become a partner or supporter of The Right Year for Children, contact: Denise Malcolm at the Office of the Children’s Commissioner: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Lookout London photos to be showcased at police gangs conference
Event date 30 September 2011
Photographs from both Lookout London groups will be showcased at the Police & Criminal Justice conference Tackling Gangs and Serious Youth Violence, on Friday 30th September 2011.
As David Cameron talks about ‘declaring war on gangs’ and the public looks for simple targets to blame the criminal activity that took place during the spree of rioting and looting in August, the perception of young people in Britain is in danger of falling to a new low. Despite the fact that fewer than a quarter of those charged for criminal activity during the riots were under 18, the media coverage and political responses have been filled with references to ‘feral youth’ and ‘violent teenagers’. The issues of gangs and knife crime have gained media prominence once again as if they are connected to the same simple problem – the existence of a disrespectful, uncontrollable and lawless generation.
Representing young people only as part of these social problems damages any attempts to improve the situation on the streets. The implication is that young people are only important or worth talking about when they are engaged in criminal activity, and the pressures and dangers they face themselves are not discussed or dealt with. The issues are to do with poverty, lack of opportunity and boredom, not age, and young people should be engaged in identifying and building solutions rather than being ignored until involved in criminal or anti-social behaviour, and then being stamped on by the legal system.
As police, criminal justice professionals, MPs and youth workers gather in Westminster to discuss the issues and potential solutions, the presence of the work from Lookout London will ensure that young people’s experiences and perspectives are not forgotten.
Image: © Angelika Stolarz 2011 / Chapter 1 / PhotoVoice
Not every dog is angry and wants to bite you.
More about Lookout London project
PhotoVoice congratulates Mr Bezwada Wilson,
Posted 01 September 2011
PhotoVoice congratulates Mr Bezwada Wilson, Convenor of Indian partner organisation Safai Karmachari Andolan on his ‘Real Hero’ award. The awards, given at a ceremony in Mumbai last month, recognise and acknowledge ordinary Indians who are making a difference to people’s lives.
Wilson, along with the Dalit Solidarity Network UK, helped organise our Images of Foul Play project working with Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) to create images for SKA and DSNUK in their campaign to eradicate the practice of manual scavenging - a term used to describe the job of removing human excrement from dry toilets and sewers.
For information about the project see http://www.photovoice.org/projects/international/images-of-foul-play-2010 and http://safaikarmachariandolan.org/articleon%20manualscavenging.php, http://www.dsnuk.org/Manual_Scav.htm
Rights Cameras Action, UK
Posted 01 September 2011
PhotoVoice, in partnership with Action for Children, is currently running workshops with groups of young people all over the UK in order to gather their thoughts and experiences related to the importance of child rights in the UK.
The photos and videos produced by the young people will feed into an online and printed resource aimed at engaging young people in discussing the role of child rights. This resource will be launched in December 2011 to coincide with the start of the RIGHT Year for Children, a year of events and campaigns organised by child-focused UK charities to recognise the 20th anniversary of the ratifying of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in the UK.
Walk in My Shoes: 12th – 26th October 2011
Event date 12 October 2011
Southside Shopping Centre in Wandsworth hosts a photo-trail of images by PhotoVoice-trained photographers sharing a range of diverse experiences and perspectives on living in Great Britain. Extended to 26th October!
Check out our blog for photos of the opening night!
12th - 26th October 2011
Southside Shopping Centre
Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London SW18 4TF Map
Nearest tube: East Putney (District Line) / Wandsworth Town Rail
Walk in My Shoes is a photo trail of 13 images by PhotoVoice-trained photographers, and showcases a diverse range of perspectives and experiences on life in Great Britain. Installed in Southside Shopping Centre, this exhibition is designed to challenge people to take a moment out of their own lives and preoccupations to walk in someone else’s shoes.
Visit our information point at Snappy Snaps, 110 Southside to pick up an exhibition guide, leave feedback, and to submit a photograph for our interactive exhibition display of perspectives on life in Great Britain. Anyone leaving feedback will have a chance to win an A2 stretched canvas print of their favourite photograph in the exhibition, and the visitors’ favourite from the interactive exhibition will win a personal photo book. All prizes courtesy of Snappy Snaps.
Download the Audio Trail to listen to soundscape and interviews with the photographers on your mp3 player or mobile phone as you walk the trail. (Downloads as zip folder).
Download and print an exhibition guide, with a map of the trail and an introduction to each of the featured photographers.
Online Exhibition Preview
Click on the thumbnails below to view a larger image and to listen to the accompanying audio track.
Voices - PhotoVoice Travelling Exhibition
Event date 07 September 2011
UK charity The Photographic Angle is collaborating with PhotoVoice to showcase work from four recent projects in an exciting exhibition touring sites in Bristol, Birmingham, Swindon and Maidenhead.
Voices will feature work from recent projects Lookout London, See it Our Way, UR in the Picture and How We See It.
The Photographic Angle holds free exhibitions that travel across the UK transforming vacant spaces into temporary galleries. In this way TPA seeks to give the public more opportunities to engage with the dynamic field of contemporary photography practice. www.thephotographicangle.co.uk
Voices Exhibition Touring Schedule
7-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Bristol
Venue: Aztec 920 and 930 Park Avenue, Aztec West, Almondsbury, BS324SR
14-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Swindon
Venue: Kingston Hse, Lydiards Fields, SN5 8UB
21-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Maidenhead
Venue: The Place, Bridge Avenue, SL61AF
28-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Bristol
Venue: Lewins Mead,Whitefriars, BS1 2NT
5-Oct-11 Sat-Wed: Birmingham
Venue: Quayside Tower, Broad Street, B12HF
10 images from See it Our Way will also be showcased as part of the Hereford Photography Festival 2011, at Fotofilia (Fotofilia Gallery Regent Street, Birmingham B1 3NS) from October 31st - November 24th 2011.
A presentation and Q&A will take place from 5.30pm on 31st October with representatives from PhotoVoice and TPA present to talk about the project and the rationale behind the democratisation of photography.
Get the Picture: Scottish Parliament
Posted 23 August 2011
Young Scottish people are offered the chance to showcase their views, issues and lives in Scotland, as well as give them the opportunity to present their aspirations for Scotland over the next 5 years.
More details and online gallery
Lookout London: Homerton Group
Posted 18 August 2011
Young people in supported housing in Homerton reflect on the impact gang and knife crime issues have on their lives, as part of our ongoing project helping young people to challenge increasing media representation of young people purely as the cause of these issues. In partnership with Chapter 1.
More details and online gallery
Lookout London – Young people explore gang and knife crime issues
Posted 07 July 2011
This Summer, we are delighted to be running workshops with young people in supported housing in East London, in partnership with Chapter 1 (http://www.ch1.org.uk/).
From July through until September, we will be supporting young people in Hackney and Walthamstow to explore how young people in these boroughs are affected by gangs and knife crime. With young people so often framed as the causes of these issues, the ways in which they are affected day-to-day whether they like it or not, are often overlooked.
The work will be showcased through a series of local exhibitions and a booklet in October – November. Interested in hosting a physical or online exhibition in your venue, institution or website? Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Two year project with the National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children and Young People
Posted 07 July 2011
July sees us starting work on our next long-term project: a two-year project with the National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children and Young People, generously funded by Comic Relief and BBC Children in Need.
Over the next two years, we’ll be working with young people in four sites across the country to create and disseminate digital stories tackling the issue of sexual exploitation from the perspective of young people affected by it. Workshops will start in January 2012.
Doing an event for charity? Do it for PhotoVoice!
Posted 06 July 2011
PhotoVoice has a page on the Virgin Giving page - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/giving/ If you need help or ideas, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Workshops Completed in the Somali Region of Ethiopia
Posted 06 July 2011
“This photo has a lot of important things: so many that we can’t count them. The house we use for shelter - it protects us from the cold, the heat, the sun, the rain, the wind, and dofan (storms). It’s a Somali house made of grass, harars,(woven mats) and small iron sheets. This is my house. I sleep there. I also study school subjects and religious lessons. I have a good life here.” © Cabdi Shaafi Ismaaciil / 2011 / Save the Children / PhotoVoice
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The PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs
Event date 23 November 2010
Come and celebrate the power of photography in all its expressions at the renowned annual PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs.
The PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs
Hosted by Reuters
23rd November 2010
Thomson Reuters, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5EP
This year’s collection is the most impressive to date, and includes stunning prints by legends of photography past and present alongside new work from exciting emerging talent. This year’s auction will include lots donated by Dan Holdsworth, Massimo Vitali, Frank Horvat, and an exclusive opportunity to bid on a unique one-off set of Simon Norfolk prints. Signed, editioned, vintage prints from George Rodger, Eve Arnold and Herb Ritts also feature.
Jeffrey Archer will host a live auction of 35 prints, and the remaining prints will be sold via a silent auction that will run throughout the evening. All prints will be exhibited on the night.
Live Auction 8.00pm – 9.00pm
Silent Auction 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Guest Auctioneer Jeffery Archer
Tickets including catalogue £20
PLEASE NOTE TICKETS ARE NOW ONLY AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ON THE DOOR
Use the links below for more information on:
How the auction works
Absentee and telephone bidding
Terms and conditions
View Online Gallery
View Catalogue
Auction hosted by Reuters
With special thanks to Ayperi Karabuda Ecer, Jassim Ahmad Karen Chesson and Lynne Bundy and Shannon Ghannam
PV METHODOLOGY RESOURCES
Posted 04 May 2011
PhotoVoice offers a range of free online resources to support the use of participatory photography with different groups.
NEW RESOURCE ONLINE NOW - See it our Way: Participatory photography as a tool for advocacy.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series - Chris Steele Perkins
Event date 14 March 2011
Magnum photographer Chris Steele Perkins will talk about his experience as a photographer whose career has moved between journalism and reportage to the pursuit of personal projects. Chris will touch on issues of truth, responsibility and the role of photojournalism today and share his diverse portfolio of images taken from all corners of the world from Brixton to Afghanistan to Japan.
‘Words on Monday’ series at Kings Place, London, N1 9AG
14th March 2011
7pm
Tickets:£9.50 online*
Please add £2 to the online ticket price if booking by other methods
Book directly from the Kings Place
Magnum photographer Chris Steele Perkins will talk about his experience as a photographer whose career has moved between journalism and reportage to the pursuit of personal projects. Chris will touch on issues of truth, responsibility and the role of photojournalism today and share his diverse portfolio of images taken from all corners of the world from Brixton to Afghanistan to Japan.
Chris Steele-Perkins moved from Rangoon to London with his family in 1949. In 1971 started working as a freelance photographer and started his first foreign work in 1973 in Bangladesh followed by work for relief organizations and travel assignments. In 1975 he worked with EXIT, a group dealing with social problems in British cities. He then joined the Paris-based Viva agency in 1976. In 1979, his first book, The Teds, was published. Chris joined Magnum in 1979 and soon began working extensively in the developing world, in particular in Africa, Central America and Lebanon, as well as continuing to take photographs in Britain. He has published a book on Afghanistan and two books on Japan. His latest project is on people who have lived to be over 100 years old.
His reportages have received high public acclaim and have won several awards. Most recently his book England, My England was shortlisted for British Book Publishers’ Award for best Art/Photography book.
Image ©Chris Steele Perkins / Magnum Photos
London Art Fair - Special Ticket Offer
Event date 19 January 2011
PhotoVoice will be exhibiting photographs by both PhotoVoice participants and professional work by supporting Photographers.
19 – 23 January 2011 Business Design Centre, Islington
Now in it’s 23rd year, London Art Fair presents over one hundred galleries featuring great names of 20th Century British art and exceptional contemporary work from leading figures and emerging talent.
PhotoVoice will be exhibiting photographs by both PhotoVoice participants and professional work by supporting Photographers. We are stand M10 – next to Photo50.
PhotoVoice is also hosting a talk on at 12pm on Wednesday 19th. Book your place
Image Fatigue: Can photographs still be a catalyst for positive social change in a world saturated with images?
Leading photography professionals discuss past and present campaigns that use socially driven imagery and ask whether they still have an impact in today’s media, and if so what makes these images successful in driving social change. The discussion is led by Marc Schlossman (PhotoVoice Trustee and photographer) with Adam Hinton (Photographer), Liz Orton (PhotoVoice Facilitator) Monica Allende (picture Editor Sunday Time Magazine)and Jessica Crombie (Film and Photography Manager, Save the Children).
Please note Gideon Mendel is no longer able to participate in this event.
London Art Fair is offering PhotoVoice subscribers two tickets for the price of one, when booked before 14th January*. The advance ticket price is £11 plus £1.50 booking fee. Call 08448 480 141 or book online at www.londonartfair.co.uk quoting LAF106. Do come and say hello.
* This offer may not be used in conjunction with any other promotion and is offered subject to availability.
Red Dot: AOP Members End of Year Auction and Exhibition in support of Photovoice
Event date 01 December 2010
‘Red Dot’ is a hugely popular event, giving photography fans the opportunity to buy quality photographic prints. Bidding starts at £40.00 for all prints.
Charity Auction Evening - Wednesday 1 December 2010 @ 6.30pm
Exhibtion - 1 December - 13 January 2011
Another AOP silent auction is on it’s way, ‘Red Dot’ a hugely popular event, giving photography fans the opportunity to buy quality photographic prints. Bidding starts at £40.00 for all prints.
Come and place your bids and do your bit for charity! For a sneak preview of the images please click here.
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Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm
Auction Catalogue 2010
Event date 23 November 2010
PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs Gallery 2010
Event date 23 November 2010
Live auction: lots 1-35
Silent auction: lots 36-83
Lot 13 Simon Norfolk Artist Statement
How the Auction Works
Absentee and Telephone Bidding
Terms and Conditions
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010 - Anastasia Taylor-Lind in conversation with Laura Noble
Event date 02 December 2010
Anastasia Taylor-Lind began her career in photojournalism 2004. She studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales Newport and the London College of Communication and is currently based in Syria.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010
Anastasia Taylor-Lind - emerging talent within journalism and documentary photography.
7.30pm Thursday 2nd December
South Place Ethical Society, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
Tickets: £10 in advance, £12 on the door
TICKETS ARE NOW ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Anastasia Taylor-Lind began her career in photojournalism 2004. She studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales Newport and the London College of Communication and is currently based in Syria. She is represented by the VII Mentor program.
Anastasia has won a number of photography awards including the Guardian photography award for this portrait if a Kurdish female fighter.
Laura Noble is the Co-Director of Diemar/Noble Photography, London. She is also the author of The Art of Collecting Photography (AVA 2006), has essays in several monographs, curates and lectures on all aspects of collecting and gallery practice worldwide. As an avid collector she prides herself on discovering new talent and writes extensively on photography in numerous journals including Eyemazing, GUP, Foam, Hotshoe, Snoeks, Next Level and LIP.
www.lauraannnoble.com
Please note - Marcus Bleasdale is no longer able to participate in this event.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010 - Mary McCartney in conversation with Robin Derrick
Event date 11 November 2010
Mary McCartney started her career as a photographer in 1995. Since then Mary’s work has spanned the worlds of portrait and fashion photography. Her style lies in finding a moment that gives us a new insight on the subject.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010
Mary McCartney - established photographer in the world of fashion, portrait and documentary, in conversation with Robin Derrick - Creative Director of British Vogue, Photographer and Director
7.30pm Thursday 11th November
South Place Ethical Society, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
£12 on the door
TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Mary McCartney started her career as a photographer in 1995. Since then Mary’s work has spanned the worlds of portrait and fashion photography. Her style lies in finding a moment that gives us a new insight on the subject.
Mary’s assignments have led to her work appearing in editorial titles such as Harpers Bazaar and Interview Magazine as well as high impact advertising campaigns for clients such as Gossard, Stella McCartney, Adidas, Aga, Bucherer and Mandarin Oriental.
Mary’s first solo exhibition was in October 2004 entitled ‘Off Pointe - A Photographic Study of The Royal Ballet After Hours’ in which she was invited into the private world of the elite Corps De Ballet. This series of black & white photographs reveals an intimate unseen aspect of the world of ballet capturing the prestige and the chaos of life behind the scenes and the contrast between the sometimes gruelling, painful lifestyle of the dancers and their fairy tale performances.
Mary’s first book “From Where I Stand” a retrospective book of her photographic work to date will be published in October 2010 by Thames & Hudson.
Mary will be exhibiting ‘From Where I Stand’ at Michael Hoppen Gallery from 22nd October – 20 November
In 1982 Robin had just begun a three-year degree course at St Martins College of Art when he met Terry Jones, Editor-in-chief of the fledgling style magazine, i-D. For the next four years he worked with Terry on i-D experimenting with early computer graphics and playing with ideas of what a magazine could look like.
As Art Director of The Face, from 1986-87, Robin forged links with Nick Knight, Mario Testino and Juergen Teller. In 1993 Robin took up the position of Art Director at British Vogue and was then appointed Creative Director in 2001. Robin has been a contributing creative director to the Giorgio Armani brand since 2005
Robin also works as a photographer and director, shooting fashion and beauty editorial for the British, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese editions of Vogue as well as US and UK Glamour.
Making the Change
Posted 21 July 2010
Young disabled people across the North West share their view of the transition from child to adult services, informing improvements to services.
More information and image gallery
PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2009
Event date 08 December 2009
The Auction is a firm fixture in the photography industry calendar. Its reputation grows each year and it has become associated with some of the world’s most iconic photography.
PhotoVoice was overwhelmed by the generosity of the photography community this year, and was proud to announce its most impressive collection of prints to date. This year the bidders had the opportunity to bid on prints by legendary masters including Eve Arnold, Bert Hardy, Thurston Hopkins, Patrick Litchfield, Nadav Kander, Mary Ellen Mark, Steve McCurry, Terry O’Neil and Herb Ritts as well as the great names of the future such as Giacomo Brunelli, Li Fan, Tim Hetherington and Anastasia Taylor-Lind.
Images of What is Ours Gallery - Paraguay
Posted 15 April 2010
Images of What is Ours, our Paraguay project with Amnesty International and the Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa communities.
Image © 2010 Jose Florentin / Amnesty International / Tierra Viva / PhotoVoice
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Opportunities to get involved
Posted 22 March 2010
PhotoVoice is currently recruiting for a new trustee to bring legal expertise to its active board. More details.
PhotoVoice is also currently recruiting for several volunteer interns to support different areas of our work. Find out more.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series
Event date 10 May 2010
Sundance film festival and World Press Photo winner Tim Hetherington will be delivering a lecture at The Kings Place on May 10th 2010.
Click here for full details
PhotoVoice Newsletter February 2010
Posted 11 February 2010
Read the latest PhotoVoice newsletter
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London Art Fair 2009
Posted 22 December 2009
PhotoVoice is delighted to have been invited to exhibit at the London Art Fair for the second year running. For more information and details about the 241 ticket offer please click here
PhotoVoice Training Workshops
New dates have been added - Places are filling up fast, to book please click here
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PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011
Event date 22 November 2011
The renowned PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs is back this autumn, showcasing a unique collection of world class prints from photography legends, contemporary masters and emerging talent.
Over 80 prints will be auctioned, including photographs by Eve Arnold, Tim Flach, Veronica Bailey, Herb Ritts, Brian Griffin, Tony McGee, Sarah Moon, Simon Roberts and David Chancellor.
Tuesday 22nd November
6pm-10pm, live auction starts 8pm
Auctioneer: Jeffrey Archer
Hosted by Reuters
The Thomson Reuters Building, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5EP
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>Tickets £20 in advance - click here to book tickets
Kindly supported by Reuters and Clifford Chance
For an early glimpse of our auction lots, visit our preview exhibition at La Galleria Pall Mall, from 14th-18th November, click here for more details.
The Silent Auction has already opened!
See our online catalogue for all our silent auction lots and details of how to bid!
Auction catalogue
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“Waiting” teaching resource available online!
Posted 06 January 2012
We have just launched a great teaching resource as part of our “Waiting” project dealing with homelessness among young people in Scotland.
More information on the project
PhotoVoice gives a talk at the London Art Fair!
Event date 18 January 2012
Take part in a our panel discussion at the London Art Fair on 18th January.
Come along and check out our stall at this year’s London Art Fair, 18-22 January 2012, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, N1.
We will also be hosting a panel discussion on Wednesday 18th January, 12-1pm, on the subject: Airbrushing the world: Can photography change society?
The aim is hear from professionals with different experiences and perspectives on how photography can be used as a tool for social change, which will then be opened to the floor for questions and debate about the role of photography in bringing about change in behaviour, policy and practice.
Panel members include:
Ania Dabrowska
Ania is a fine art photographer whose practice is extremely socially engaged. She recently received a lot of publicity for her acclaimed ‘Mind Over Matter’ study into Dementia and Alzheimers. She has also been a facilitator on a number of PhotoVoice’s participatory photography projects, including recently the Lookout London project with young people in London being supported to engage positively with gangs and knife crime issues through photography.
Stephen Sidlo
Publishing Editor of Demotix – the citizen journalism website that allows anyone to upload their photo-stories to be pitched to the international media.
Matt Daw
Projects Manager at PhotoVoice.
Jess Crombie
Head of Film and Photography, Save the Children, and Chair of the Humanising Photography group.
Jenny Matthews
Photojournalist with many years of experience documenting conflict zones and issue-affected communities nationwide. She is currently working on a follow-up to her acclaimed book ‘Women and War’
To book your London Art Fair ticket, click here
To book your place for the talk, click here
“Migration, Stories of a Journey” International Photography Award
Posted 20 December 2011
PhotoVoice is thrilled to support the ‘Migration, Stories of a Journey’ International Photography Award launched by Accademia Apulia.
With the Patronage of Amnesty International, the British Council, the European Commission Representation in the UK and the International Organisation for Migration, Accademia Apulia UK is pleased to announce the opening of submissions for their 2011 Photography Award.
‘Migration, Stories of a Journey’ is aimed at promoting emerging photographers of all nationalities based in the European Economic Community whose work explores the lives and development of migrants worldwide.
The focus of this award is to highlight migrants’ struggle and difficulties as they seek a better life in their
adopted country.
Entrants will be assessed by leading figures in the fields of Photography and Journalism:
Barbara Roche - Migration Museum Project
Diane Smyth - British Journal of Photography
Jennifer Francis - The Royal Academy of Arts
John Ingledew - University of Gloucestershire
Lucilla and Fabrizio Barbieri - Coppi Barbieri
Stefano Tura – RAI
Steve Macleod – Metro Imaging
Susan Jenkins - The Art Newspaper
Prize
Three finalists will be revealed on 10 January 2012 and the winner on 10 Feb 2012. Their works will be
showcased in a group exhibition curated by Elisa Canossa at the Royal Horseguards in London. The three
finalists will be flown in as guests of Accademia Apulia for two nights. The winner will also receive € 1000
cash prize.
Entries opened on 18th October 2011 and are free. The closing date for entries is 30 December 2011.
To enter the competition please visit www.accademiapulia.org
How equal are young people? The Right Year For Children launch
Posted 19 December 2011
Two great events inaugurated the launch of The Right Year For Children celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UK ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
No children allowed?
On 15th December, an exhibition showcasing photographs and messages from young people across the country opened at Matrix Chambers, one of the elite barristers’ organization specializing in liberties and human rights. It was followed by an equality workshop for young (under 18 year-olds) child activists and with attendance of some great experts on law, equality and children’s rights.
Carolyne Willow, National Co-ordinator of the Children’s Rights Alliance for England started off by posing a fundamental question - How equal are the children and young people in England today?
Two of the country’s leading discrimination barristers, Karon Monaghan QC of Matrix Chambers and Ulele Burnham of Doughty Street Chambers, stressed the importance of the Equality Act and how it applies to young people’s lives: Karon in her talk on Why we have an Equality Act and why it’s relevant to children and young people, and Ulele in her discussion on Challenging discrimination: real-life stories.
All the participants were asked to bring one object, photograph or picture that they feel symbolizes how children and young people are treated in the UK today. A dice, a wooden box with a sticker on it saying “No children allowed”, a school trophy, a candle and more - all gathered at the workshop table reflecting young people’s personal view on the matter.
Footprints to No. 10 Downing Street
On 16th December, a group of 19 children and young people marched to the Prime Minister HQ to deliver messages from thousands of children all over the country, marking the 20th anniversary of the UK signing up to the UNCRC. They were accompanied by the representatives of four organizations that form the steering Committee of the Right Year For Children celebrations: Alicia Jones of UNICEF, Carolyne Willow of CRAE, Matt Daw and Clare Struthers of PhotoVoice, and Kate Parish of Pupil Voice & Participation England.
Children sent their messages on paper footprints, each footprint symbolizing one signature on this unusual petition, aiming to remind the government to remember young people’s rights when creating new laws and policies.
One of the participants, 18 year-old Rory Murray from Bracknell, told Children&Young People Now:
“It’s an important moment to mark the 20th anniversary. A lot has been achieved in 20 years, especially around giving children the special protection they need, but much more needs to be done. In the next 20 years I hope to see the UNCRC brought into our domestic law. The government is getting there on listening to children but they still have a long way to go.”
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child gives children everywhere over 40 major rights, including the right to education, family support, an adequate standard of living, to health, to play and recreation, to protection from all forms of violence, and the right to be heard and taken seriously. The Convention requires that all children be respected as human beings with views, feelings and ideas of their own.
Unlike many countries, the UK still hasn’t made the Convention part of its domestic law.
Rights! Cameras! Action! resource launch!
Posted 16 December 2011
Our RCA multimedia resource launches with exhibition in Scottish parliament, Edinburgh and Matrix Chambers, London.
In the photo: Sarah White MSP by our RCA exhibition stand.
Double your money if you donate!
Posted 14 December 2011
PhotoVoice has nearly £4,000 match funding available from its Big Give Christmas Challenge.
Make a donation and it will be matched.
Make a donation to PhotoVoice and it will be matched pound-for-pound! After the Big Give, we still have nearly £4,000 of funding from an annonymous donor available to match your donation.
Please donate whatever you can and help PhotoVoice continue its innovative work in using photography to connect the marginalised to the majority.
BIG THANKS in advance and Merry Christmas to you all!
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PhotoVoice Prints For Sale
Posted 07 December 2011
Looking for an exceptional gift this Christmas?
We have a number of prints for sale ideal for that special Christmas gift, from artists including, Sarah Moon, Laura Pannack & John Swannell to name a few!.
Click here for a full inventory of what we have on offer.
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Interview with our new Director, Kevin McCullough
Posted 07 December 2011
A big, warm welcome to our new Director, Kevin McCullough! We are very excited to have him with us & we are sure he is up for a challenge of steering the PhotoVoice ship!
We asked Kevin a few questions about his work, his favourite music and the challenges awaiting in 2012…
Kevin, where are you from and what is your background?
I am originally from Belfast and have had 20 years experience in international development working for organisations including Christian Aid and CAFOD. In the last 4 years I have been doing some work on funding social justice documentary films.
What attracted you to PhotoVoice?
I have known of PhotoVoice’s work for some years. I am concerned about issues of visual representation within the charity sector generally and the international NGOs in particular. PhotoVoice methodology ensures that those who are often the subjects of photography can become its creators, thereby offering a new perspective that challenges people’s prejudice. Through photography the participants are engaged in speaking out about their situations and challenges and expressing their hopes and fears. In this way, photography becomes a tool for advocacy and positive social change.
What are your plans for PhotoVoice in 2012?
It’s still early days – I’ve only been here a week!
I’m very excited about the projects we have in development for next year. Whilst these are tough financial times for the charity sector PhotoVoice supporters are some of the most loyal and generous. I would hope to build upon the excellent work that has gone on before me and engage more deeply with our supporters to build a solid financial future. In the not-to-distant future, I’d like marginalised communities to be leading that process of social change, not just part of it.
Any PhotoVoice project you cherish most?
There are so many excellent PV projects – Visible Rights working with children in Afghanistan, more recently Lookout London working with young people who have experienced homelessness and knife crime and Rights, Cameras, Action raising awareness children’s rights and the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child to name a few. Working with effective partners who are calling for policy change on specific issues is important. For us at PhotoVoice we can play a part in the advocacy process through the tool of photography and story telling. Last week I heard the stories of two young people living in east London and how the Lookout project was potentially life changing for them. By giving expression to their fears and their hopes for the future, the project is succeeding where so many others had fallen short.
Any upcoming PhotoVoice project you are particularly excited about?
The next phases of Lookout and Rights Cameras Action will be very exciting. There are two or three other projects we are working on which are sensitive, complex and yet cutting edge areas of work. What I love about PhotoVoice is that the projects undertaken are not safe but are always attempting to offer space for the visual voice of people living in vulnerable and difficult situations and yet through the experience of the project participants often see their situations in a different way.
What is the biggest challenge for you as Director of a non profit organization?
To continue to be effective, efficient and excellent in what we do. Staying close to our values and finding more ways of involving the wonderful community that is PhotoVoice.
What was the most challenging campaign you have ever worked on?
Make Poverty History - it was big in scale and in its demands of the world’s leaders at the G8. A campaign which engaged some 25 million people in the UK and marching with 250,000 people in Edinburgh was truly inspirational and yet the year had many challenges.
What do you do in your free time?
I am involved in a voluntary capacity with an international charity using sport as a tool for conflict resolution and community development and I’m a mentor for some youth projects in southern Africa. Apart from that reading, music, visits to the cinema, theatre and watching sport.
Tea or coffee?
Coffee – preferably Irish!
Favourite band?
Sorry, it’s Classic FM in the background for me and U2, the Beatles, Kanye West and my son’s band Mammoth Sound (not my style but you have to be supportive!)
If you weren’t working in a charity sector, what would you be doing?
Scoring the winning goal for Leeds United in the Cup Final! Then waking up and fishing from Mangochi on Lake Malawi!
The Right Year For Children launches this week!
Event date 16 December 2011
The Right Year for Children is coming up next Friday (16th December). How will we celebrate?
16th December 2011 marks 20 years since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was formerly adopted by the UK.
EVENTS
Throughout 2011 PhotoVoice has been working with young people all around the UK in order to gather their thoughts and experiences on the relevance and importance of child rights to their lives. The young people involved have included Young Carers, Looked After Young People, Homeless Young People and Disabled Young People.
On December 16th PhotoVoice and Action for Children will launch an online multimedia resource at www.rightscamerasaction.org.uk to inform and engage young people across the UK about UNCRC. A booklet will also be produced to be used as a classroom tool and to signpost the online resource.
PhotoVoice are to showcase this rights-based work in Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in December, to coincide with the 20th anniversary and with a UK-wide press campaign based on raising awareness of this significant landmark.
The exhibition will showcase photographs and messages directly from young people, bringing their voices to the discussion and reminding MPs and public audiences alike of the importance of their perspectives and their engagement in the implementation of any policies or initiatives designed to improve their lives.
On 15th December 2011 exactly the same exhibition will be showcased in Matrix Chambers in London to coincide with an equality workshop for young people, as part of the launch publicity for the Right Year for Children.
On 16th December, young people will march to 10 Downing Street to present footprints from young people all over the UK to remind the government to remember young people and their rights when developing policies and laws.
RIGHT YEAR FOR CHILDREN LOGO
16 year-old Trishna Jethwa from Leicester was the winner of a nation-wide competition for children and young people to create a universal logo to mark the 20th anniversary of ratifying the UNCRC. Organisations working with children and young people, including the Government and local councils, will be encouraged to use the logo as part of their work and commitment to promote and protect children’s rights.
Carolyne Willow, CRAE’s national co-ordinator, adds:
“We hope the winning logo will be used by hundreds of organisations and will really help to increase people’s knowledge and understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Our country signed up to this human rights treaty 20 years ago and we want to get the message out loud and clear that children and young people have their own set of rights protected by international law.”
On 21st November, Trishna claimed her prize by having her design made into a professional logo by PhotoVoice Ambassador Adrian Nunn at the design agency The Big Window who generously donated their time, whilst also meeting Maggie Atkinson, the Children’s Commissioner for England.
Check out our blog regularly for updates and coverage of all the RYC events!
For more information on the project: click here.
Lookout London Exhibition Launch!
Posted 02 December 2011
The Lookout London exhibition launch went off with a bang last night!
Special thanks to all those who came down to enjoy the evening & of course all those project participants, partners & funders who made it possible. The books flew off the table like hot cakes, the travelling exhibition looked great in its debut in the limelight, and lots of the young photographers were there to celebrate their achievement and speak to visitors about their photos and messages. Bianca from Homerton Space Project, and James from Stephen House both spoke very eloquently about their experience on the project, and the evening came to an end too soon for many of us!
A special mention to Hackney Borough Council for generously funding the event & the Crisis Skylight Cafe for superbly hosting it!
The travelling exhibition will now be moving on to Lambeth Council where it will be exhibited in libraries across the borough, helping to widen the reach & impact of this campaign within the capital. Poster versions of the same exhibition materials are available for schools - if you are interested in displaying these materials (provided by PhotoVoice at no cost to you) to generate discussion amongst young people at your school please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Get in touch soon as there are a limited number of poster sets available!
We are not restricting the reach of this project to London either. PhotoVoice has partnered with a fantastic charity called The Photographic Angle, which has the aim of introducing new audiences to photography by touring pop-up exhibitions and taking photography out of galleries and into public spaces and informal spaces. TPA will be touring an exhibition of the work from the Lookout London project all around the UK – watch our website and sign up to the PhotoVoice newsletter to be kept informed of the venues and dates when they are confirmed.
And what next? Well Lookout London is hopefully just the start. The issues we are trying to address are not exclusive to London, and in the next phase of this project we hope to work in a similar way in other parts of the UK – including Manchester, Liverpool, Southampton and Glasgow. PhotoVoice and Chapter 1 will be working together on this next phase, and involving other organisations working with young people to include young people from as diverse backgrounds as possible. If you would like more information about this, or if you think you or your organisation could get involved in some way, please do get in touch by emailing Project Manager Matt Daw - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
If you would like to host the travelling exhibition in your community space - whether it is a library, community centre, service centre, job centre or museum - please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to arrange a date.
To request copies of the book - for yourself or for distribution in your school or youth club, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
*Lookout London exhibition, showcasing works on gang culture and knife crime, will be touring schools and libraries in south London.
Where is it now and what are the next stops?
Downham Library
5th - 11th December
Downham Health & Leisure Centre
7-9 Moorside Road, Bromley, BR1 5EP
Map: click here
Catford Library
12th - 18th December
1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU
Map: click here
Lewisham Library
from 19th December
199-201 Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LG
Map: click here
Don’t miss it!
For more information on the project
VOICES Exhibition Now in Birmingham
Event date 06 December 2011
Previously showcased with a great success at the Hereford Photography Festival, VOICES exhibition moves to BOA in Birmingham.
Part of our international project See it Our Way that focuses on the problem of human trafficking and features photo works of young people from Albania, Lebanon or Pakistan, VOICES exhibition travels from Hereford to BOA, a fantastic creative venue in Birmingham. VOICES is a collaboration between PhotoVoice and The Photographic Angle, an organisation that transforms public spaces into temporary photo galleries.
Lookout London exhibition launch!
Posted 29 November 2011
A BIG thank you to all who came along to the Lookout London exhibition launch - a good time was had by all!
Lookout London poster campaign launched!
Posted 23 November 2011
Check out our Lookout London poster campaign recently launched across the capital - keep an eye out for a poster near you!
If anyone would like to help us broaden our campaign reach by putting up a few posters in your local area to then please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) & I’ll send some out to you!
Posters showcasing at the Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth
Special thanks to all at Shahmoon tv for the generous charity discount on the street ads
PhotoVoice Auction 2011 Preview Exhibition
Event date 14 November 2011
A preview exhibition of prints in the PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011, which is open for public viewing.
Date:
Monday 14th - Friday 18th November
Opening hours to the general public:
11am-6pm, late night Thursday to 7.30pm
Venue:
La Galleria Pall Mall, 30 Royal Opera Arcade, London, SW1Y 4UY
view map
Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus or Charing Cross
The Silent Auction is now open!
See our online catalogue for all our silent auction lots and details of how to bid!
For details of the Auction night, which takes place on Tuesday 22nd November, and to book tickets please click here.
Auction catalogue
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The PhotoVoice Auction 2011 was a great success!
Event date 22 November 2011
This years Auction was a great success enjoyed by all who attended, and included some brand new features such as the preview exhibition and the Silent Auction text bidding system.
More information and to view images
A BIG thank you to all that attended and helped make the PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011 such a success!
We are very pleased to announce that the overall amount raised was just over £70,000!
It was the first year we’ve introduced text bidding within the Silent Auction and it added an extra element of excitment on the night.
It was also the first year we held a preview exhibition of the prints the week prior to the event at La Galleria, Pall Mall, which everyone who attended also thoroughly enjoyed.
For more details about this year’s Auction and to view the online catalogue, click here.
Watch this slideshow showcasing a selection of the projects and interviews with their participants from 2011:
PhotoVoice Auction previewed in Sunday Times online Spectrum gallery!
Posted 10 November 2011
The PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011 was previewed in the Sunday Times online Spectrum gallery on 6th November 2011 - check out the photos!
Festival Fever at PhotoVoice!
Posted 04 November 2011
PhotoVoice has been a big success recently at both the Hereford Photography Festival and the Delhi Photo Festival
Our Walk in My Shoes exhibition travelled down to Hereford for the festival, complete with new QR codes for instant audio download - see the wonders of technology in action!
Also as part of the festival our very own projects manager Matt Daw together with Anthony Riley of The Photographic Angle, gave a seminar in the use of participatory photography to bring about social change @Fotofilia Gallery in Birmingham on Monday 31st October. Check out the pics!
A slideshow combining work from our See It Our Way and Direct Voices projects, was also a big success at the Delhi Photo Festival. Check out their blog
Donate between 5 – 9 December and your donation will be doubled!
Posted 04 November 2011
Get inviolved in the BIG GIVE Christmas Challenge 2011!
Double your money!
Make a donation to PhotoVoice through the BIG GIVE today or tomorrow and it will be matched pound-for-pound! We have a target of £10,000, which if achieved will result in PhotoVoice getting £20,000 – a huge boost to our projects in these difficult times.
We’ve already received nearly £2,000, so we’re well on our way! Please donate whatever you can and help PhotoVoice continue its innovative work in using photogrgaphy to connect the marginalised to the majority.
BIG THANKS in advance and Merry Christmas to you all!
If you want to become a Friend of PhotoVoice click here
Please email your MP today to keep 400 16 and 17 year olds out of prison
Posted 28 October 2011
Please email your MP today asking them to vote against the new knife crime proposals coming before Parliament on Monday.
As you may have heard, the Government announced on Wednesday that it is planning to introduce mandatory prison sentences of at least 4 months for 16 and 17 year olds found guilty of threatening with a knife. This move which could see up to 400 under-18s ending up in prison.
Knife crime is a serious problem for some communities and we agree that urgent action is needed to address it. But we don’t think that prison is the answer. Instead, we need to look at why ¾ of children and young people who report carrying a knife claim to do so for protection. We need to tackle the barriers that still seem to exist in some communities between young people and the police. And given that rates of knife possession are significantly higher amongst children and young people who have been victims themselves, we need to work with young victims of knife crime, to better support them so they don’t think carrying a knife is a solution.
A survey of 15-18 year olds in young offender institutions published earlier this week found that, whilst nearly every single one of the 1000+ teens interviewed wanted to stop offending, only half felt they had done something whilst inside that would help them to stop offending.
If, like us, you think simply putting 16 and 17 year olds in prison is an expensive way of making things worse, please email your MP ahead of the debate in the House of Commons this coming Monday, 31st October, asking them to vote against this amendment.
To find out who your MP is and to email them, click here.
If you only send one email this weekend, please make it this one.
Stories of the World: Geffrye Museum
Posted 17 October 2011
Over the last five weeks young people from the World’s End Estate have worked with staff from the Geffrye Museum and PhotoVoice to learn and develop photography techniques.
Throughout the project the participants have used photography as a way to engage with and think about what ‘home’ means to them. This project has enabled young people to engage in an open dialogue about their homes and has encouraged them to think about them afresh, exploring ‘what makes a home’ and the way they live.
The work displayed in this exhibition are photographs which they feel signify the themes they discussed the most. Participants have also written corresponding captions which gives you an insight into their lives.
PhotoVoice at HPF: October - November 2011
Event date 31 October 2011
PhotoVoice will be showcased at two venues during the Hereford Photography Festival 2011, and will lead a seminar in the use of participatory photography to bring about social change.
Young people speak out through photography about the risks and root causes of human trafficking in their communities.
· Opens on the 31st Oct 2011 - Presentation begins at 5.30pm
· @Fotofilia Gallery Regent Street, Birmingham B1 3NS
· Closes on the 23rd Nov 2011
A short presentation by Matt Daw of PhotoVoice and Antony Riley of TPA introducing the exhibition and the organisations involved will take place in the gallery from 5.30pm on October 31st.
Walk in My Shoes: 12th-26th October Opening Night
Posted 14 October 2011
Thanks to all that made the Walk in My Shoes exhibition opening a great success!
PhotoVoice would like to thank everyone who made it down to the Southside Shopping Centre on Wednesday night, to help us toast the opening of our Walk in My Shoes exhibition & drink all the wine!
It was a great night, enjoyed by all, including the photographers, friends and families, PV staff, facilitators and project partners.
It was an especially good opportunity for our project participants to finally meet each other in person and talk about each other’s work and life experiences. Everyone loved the audio aspect to the photo-trail, Caroline from the Southside Shopping Centre itself, saying how much depth it added to her overall enjoyment of the photographs.
So, if you haven’t had a chance to make it down yet, fear not there’s still plenty of time, as it’s running until 26th October, so why don’t you take 5 minutes out of your day to take a walk in someones elses shoes?
PhotoVoice showcases work at the Delhi Photo Festival
Event date 21 October 2011
PhotoVoice work from the projects See It Our Way surrounding the issues of human trafficking accross the Middle East and Eastern Europe and Direct Voices, exploring issues surrounding HIV and AIDS in Bosnia and Russia, is being exhibited at the Delhi Photo Festival on 21st October, as part of a slideshow showcasing work produced by children/youth around the world.
Enter the Young Photographers’ Alliance (YPA) competition - Deadline is 7 October!
Posted 05 October 2011
YPA will be offering 2 photographers the opportunity to exhibit an image at the Select Photofair in Hoxton. Apply now! Deadline is 7 October!
Enter the Young Photographers’ Alliance (YPA) competition to win a place to exhibit work at the first annual London Select Photofair.
Sell your photography alongside a range of top photographers and promote your work to commercial clients.
Hosted by leading photographic magazine, Select, the fair will showcase the work of over 30 international photographers from 27 Oct- 24 Nov 2011. The Select Photofair will be promoted to collectors, art buyers, and creatives, enabling its artists to sell prints and attract commercial attention from potential clients.
PhotoVoice showcases work at the Delhi Photo Festival
Posted 03 October 2011
PhotoVoice work included as part of a slideshow showcasing youth produced work from around the world at the Delhi Photo Festival 2011 on 21st October 2011.
Announcement of new PhotoVoice Chief Executive
Posted 26 September 2011
Kevin McCullough will be joining PhotoVoice as chief executive on 28th November 2011.
Kevin joins us from CAFOD where he has been Head of Campaigns for the past three years. In that role he led the Climate Justice campaign, has been a member of the DFID Communications group and has been involved with campaigning work for Why Poverty?, a series of documentaries for 50 broadcasters around the world, including the BBC.
Prior to working at CAFOD he had a number of roles at Christian Aid and he started his career as a youth and community worker for Belfast City Council.
He is a founder member and chairperson of Tipping Point Film Fund, a co-operative working in partnership with the Co-Operative Group to fund film directors working on social justice films. He is also a founder member and chairperson of the charity Global Goals, which supports sports development in poor communities around the world.
He will take over from Dominique Green, who has been chief executive since January 2009. Dominique is leaving to expand her existing role as Delegate to the Berlin Film Festival, responsible for the UK and Eire, and return to the film and photography industries as a consultant.
The trustees are extremely grateful for the work that Dominique has put into PhotoVoice over the past two and a half years and thank her for her considerable contribution.
In Kevin we believe that we have an excellent successor who will bring new skills and experience to PhotoVoice in its second decade and we all look forward to working with him.
Eyes of Youth, Albania in partnership with World Vision
Posted 23 September 2011
Workshops have completed in Kurbin, Albania where young people in deprived communities have documented social issues, in order to engage the local community in working towards positive social change.
More information and image gallery
PhotoVoice Supports The Right Year for Children
Posted 21 September 2011
PhotoVoice has teamed up with the Office of Children’s Commissioner, the Office of Children’s Rights Director and many other children’s and young people’s charities to celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UK.
The Right Year for Children 2011-12
PhotoVoice has teamed up with the Office of Children’s Commissioner, the Office of Children’s Rights Director and many other children’s and young people’s charities to celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UK.
In December 1991, the UK Government made a legal agreement with the United Nations uphold and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the United Kingdom. Find out more about the UNCRC.
We are planning a year of action, beginning November 2011, to celebrate the anniversary and seek greater rights protection for children and young people in England. We hope you will join us!
To find out how you may become a partner or supporter of The Right Year for Children, contact: Denise Malcolm at the Office of the Children’s Commissioner: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Lookout London photos to be showcased at police gangs conference
Event date 30 September 2011
Photographs from both Lookout London groups will be showcased at the Police & Criminal Justice conference Tackling Gangs and Serious Youth Violence, on Friday 30th September 2011.
As David Cameron talks about ‘declaring war on gangs’ and the public looks for simple targets to blame the criminal activity that took place during the spree of rioting and looting in August, the perception of young people in Britain is in danger of falling to a new low. Despite the fact that fewer than a quarter of those charged for criminal activity during the riots were under 18, the media coverage and political responses have been filled with references to ‘feral youth’ and ‘violent teenagers’. The issues of gangs and knife crime have gained media prominence once again as if they are connected to the same simple problem – the existence of a disrespectful, uncontrollable and lawless generation.
Representing young people only as part of these social problems damages any attempts to improve the situation on the streets. The implication is that young people are only important or worth talking about when they are engaged in criminal activity, and the pressures and dangers they face themselves are not discussed or dealt with. The issues are to do with poverty, lack of opportunity and boredom, not age, and young people should be engaged in identifying and building solutions rather than being ignored until involved in criminal or anti-social behaviour, and then being stamped on by the legal system.
As police, criminal justice professionals, MPs and youth workers gather in Westminster to discuss the issues and potential solutions, the presence of the work from Lookout London will ensure that young people’s experiences and perspectives are not forgotten.
Image: © Angelika Stolarz 2011 / Chapter 1 / PhotoVoice
Not every dog is angry and wants to bite you.
More about Lookout London project
PhotoVoice congratulates Mr Bezwada Wilson,
Posted 01 September 2011
PhotoVoice congratulates Mr Bezwada Wilson, Convenor of Indian partner organisation Safai Karmachari Andolan on his ‘Real Hero’ award. The awards, given at a ceremony in Mumbai last month, recognise and acknowledge ordinary Indians who are making a difference to people’s lives.
Wilson, along with the Dalit Solidarity Network UK, helped organise our Images of Foul Play project working with Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) to create images for SKA and DSNUK in their campaign to eradicate the practice of manual scavenging - a term used to describe the job of removing human excrement from dry toilets and sewers.
For information about the project see http://www.photovoice.org/projects/international/images-of-foul-play-2010 and http://safaikarmachariandolan.org/articleon%20manualscavenging.php, http://www.dsnuk.org/Manual_Scav.htm
Rights Cameras Action, UK
Posted 01 September 2011
PhotoVoice, in partnership with Action for Children, is currently running workshops with groups of young people all over the UK in order to gather their thoughts and experiences related to the importance of child rights in the UK.
The photos and videos produced by the young people will feed into an online and printed resource aimed at engaging young people in discussing the role of child rights. This resource will be launched in December 2011 to coincide with the start of the RIGHT Year for Children, a year of events and campaigns organised by child-focused UK charities to recognise the 20th anniversary of the ratifying of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in the UK.
Walk in My Shoes: 12th – 26th October 2011
Event date 12 October 2011
Southside Shopping Centre in Wandsworth hosts a photo-trail of images by PhotoVoice-trained photographers sharing a range of diverse experiences and perspectives on living in Great Britain. Extended to 26th October!
Check out our blog for photos of the opening night!
12th - 26th October 2011
Southside Shopping Centre
Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London SW18 4TF Map
Nearest tube: East Putney (District Line) / Wandsworth Town Rail
Walk in My Shoes is a photo trail of 13 images by PhotoVoice-trained photographers, and showcases a diverse range of perspectives and experiences on life in Great Britain. Installed in Southside Shopping Centre, this exhibition is designed to challenge people to take a moment out of their own lives and preoccupations to walk in someone else’s shoes.
Visit our information point at Snappy Snaps, 110 Southside to pick up an exhibition guide, leave feedback, and to submit a photograph for our interactive exhibition display of perspectives on life in Great Britain. Anyone leaving feedback will have a chance to win an A2 stretched canvas print of their favourite photograph in the exhibition, and the visitors’ favourite from the interactive exhibition will win a personal photo book. All prizes courtesy of Snappy Snaps.
Download the Audio Trail to listen to soundscape and interviews with the photographers on your mp3 player or mobile phone as you walk the trail. (Downloads as zip folder).
Download and print an exhibition guide, with a map of the trail and an introduction to each of the featured photographers.
Online Exhibition Preview
Click on the thumbnails below to view a larger image and to listen to the accompanying audio track.
Voices - PhotoVoice Travelling Exhibition
Event date 07 September 2011
UK charity The Photographic Angle is collaborating with PhotoVoice to showcase work from four recent projects in an exciting exhibition touring sites in Bristol, Birmingham, Swindon and Maidenhead.
Voices will feature work from recent projects Lookout London, See it Our Way, UR in the Picture and How We See It.
The Photographic Angle holds free exhibitions that travel across the UK transforming vacant spaces into temporary galleries. In this way TPA seeks to give the public more opportunities to engage with the dynamic field of contemporary photography practice. www.thephotographicangle.co.uk
Voices Exhibition Touring Schedule
7-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Bristol
Venue: Aztec 920 and 930 Park Avenue, Aztec West, Almondsbury, BS324SR
14-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Swindon
Venue: Kingston Hse, Lydiards Fields, SN5 8UB
21-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Maidenhead
Venue: The Place, Bridge Avenue, SL61AF
28-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Bristol
Venue: Lewins Mead,Whitefriars, BS1 2NT
5-Oct-11 Sat-Wed: Birmingham
Venue: Quayside Tower, Broad Street, B12HF
10 images from See it Our Way will also be showcased as part of the Hereford Photography Festival 2011, at Fotofilia (Fotofilia Gallery Regent Street, Birmingham B1 3NS) from October 31st - November 24th 2011.
A presentation and Q&A will take place from 5.30pm on 31st October with representatives from PhotoVoice and TPA present to talk about the project and the rationale behind the democratisation of photography.
Get the Picture: Scottish Parliament
Posted 23 August 2011
Young Scottish people are offered the chance to showcase their views, issues and lives in Scotland, as well as give them the opportunity to present their aspirations for Scotland over the next 5 years.
More details and online gallery
Lookout London: Homerton Group
Posted 18 August 2011
Young people in supported housing in Homerton reflect on the impact gang and knife crime issues have on their lives, as part of our ongoing project helping young people to challenge increasing media representation of young people purely as the cause of these issues. In partnership with Chapter 1.
More details and online gallery
Lookout London – Young people explore gang and knife crime issues
Posted 07 July 2011
This Summer, we are delighted to be running workshops with young people in supported housing in East London, in partnership with Chapter 1 (http://www.ch1.org.uk/).
From July through until September, we will be supporting young people in Hackney and Walthamstow to explore how young people in these boroughs are affected by gangs and knife crime. With young people so often framed as the causes of these issues, the ways in which they are affected day-to-day whether they like it or not, are often overlooked.
The work will be showcased through a series of local exhibitions and a booklet in October – November. Interested in hosting a physical or online exhibition in your venue, institution or website? Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Two year project with the National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children and Young People
Posted 07 July 2011
July sees us starting work on our next long-term project: a two-year project with the National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children and Young People, generously funded by Comic Relief and BBC Children in Need.
Over the next two years, we’ll be working with young people in four sites across the country to create and disseminate digital stories tackling the issue of sexual exploitation from the perspective of young people affected by it. Workshops will start in January 2012.
Doing an event for charity? Do it for PhotoVoice!
Posted 06 July 2011
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Workshops Completed in the Somali Region of Ethiopia
Posted 06 July 2011
“This photo has a lot of important things: so many that we can’t count them. The house we use for shelter - it protects us from the cold, the heat, the sun, the rain, the wind, and dofan (storms). It’s a Somali house made of grass, harars,(woven mats) and small iron sheets. This is my house. I sleep there. I also study school subjects and religious lessons. I have a good life here.” © Cabdi Shaafi Ismaaciil / 2011 / Save the Children / PhotoVoice
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The PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs
Event date 23 November 2010
Come and celebrate the power of photography in all its expressions at the renowned annual PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs.
The PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs
Hosted by Reuters
23rd November 2010
Thomson Reuters, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5EP
This year’s collection is the most impressive to date, and includes stunning prints by legends of photography past and present alongside new work from exciting emerging talent. This year’s auction will include lots donated by Dan Holdsworth, Massimo Vitali, Frank Horvat, and an exclusive opportunity to bid on a unique one-off set of Simon Norfolk prints. Signed, editioned, vintage prints from George Rodger, Eve Arnold and Herb Ritts also feature.
Jeffrey Archer will host a live auction of 35 prints, and the remaining prints will be sold via a silent auction that will run throughout the evening. All prints will be exhibited on the night.
Live Auction 8.00pm – 9.00pm
Silent Auction 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Guest Auctioneer Jeffery Archer
Tickets including catalogue £20
PLEASE NOTE TICKETS ARE NOW ONLY AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ON THE DOOR
Use the links below for more information on:
How the auction works
Absentee and telephone bidding
Terms and conditions
View Online Gallery
View Catalogue
Auction hosted by Reuters
With special thanks to Ayperi Karabuda Ecer, Jassim Ahmad Karen Chesson and Lynne Bundy and Shannon Ghannam
PV METHODOLOGY RESOURCES
Posted 04 May 2011
PhotoVoice offers a range of free online resources to support the use of participatory photography with different groups.
NEW RESOURCE ONLINE NOW - See it our Way: Participatory photography as a tool for advocacy.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series - Chris Steele Perkins
Event date 14 March 2011
Magnum photographer Chris Steele Perkins will talk about his experience as a photographer whose career has moved between journalism and reportage to the pursuit of personal projects. Chris will touch on issues of truth, responsibility and the role of photojournalism today and share his diverse portfolio of images taken from all corners of the world from Brixton to Afghanistan to Japan.
‘Words on Monday’ series at Kings Place, London, N1 9AG
14th March 2011
7pm
Tickets:£9.50 online*
Please add £2 to the online ticket price if booking by other methods
Book directly from the Kings Place
Magnum photographer Chris Steele Perkins will talk about his experience as a photographer whose career has moved between journalism and reportage to the pursuit of personal projects. Chris will touch on issues of truth, responsibility and the role of photojournalism today and share his diverse portfolio of images taken from all corners of the world from Brixton to Afghanistan to Japan.
Chris Steele-Perkins moved from Rangoon to London with his family in 1949. In 1971 started working as a freelance photographer and started his first foreign work in 1973 in Bangladesh followed by work for relief organizations and travel assignments. In 1975 he worked with EXIT, a group dealing with social problems in British cities. He then joined the Paris-based Viva agency in 1976. In 1979, his first book, The Teds, was published. Chris joined Magnum in 1979 and soon began working extensively in the developing world, in particular in Africa, Central America and Lebanon, as well as continuing to take photographs in Britain. He has published a book on Afghanistan and two books on Japan. His latest project is on people who have lived to be over 100 years old.
His reportages have received high public acclaim and have won several awards. Most recently his book England, My England was shortlisted for British Book Publishers’ Award for best Art/Photography book.
Image ©Chris Steele Perkins / Magnum Photos
London Art Fair - Special Ticket Offer
Event date 19 January 2011
PhotoVoice will be exhibiting photographs by both PhotoVoice participants and professional work by supporting Photographers.
19 – 23 January 2011 Business Design Centre, Islington
Now in it’s 23rd year, London Art Fair presents over one hundred galleries featuring great names of 20th Century British art and exceptional contemporary work from leading figures and emerging talent.
PhotoVoice will be exhibiting photographs by both PhotoVoice participants and professional work by supporting Photographers. We are stand M10 – next to Photo50.
PhotoVoice is also hosting a talk on at 12pm on Wednesday 19th. Book your place
Image Fatigue: Can photographs still be a catalyst for positive social change in a world saturated with images?
Leading photography professionals discuss past and present campaigns that use socially driven imagery and ask whether they still have an impact in today’s media, and if so what makes these images successful in driving social change. The discussion is led by Marc Schlossman (PhotoVoice Trustee and photographer) with Adam Hinton (Photographer), Liz Orton (PhotoVoice Facilitator) Monica Allende (picture Editor Sunday Time Magazine)and Jessica Crombie (Film and Photography Manager, Save the Children).
Please note Gideon Mendel is no longer able to participate in this event.
London Art Fair is offering PhotoVoice subscribers two tickets for the price of one, when booked before 14th January*. The advance ticket price is £11 plus £1.50 booking fee. Call 08448 480 141 or book online at www.londonartfair.co.uk quoting LAF106. Do come and say hello.
* This offer may not be used in conjunction with any other promotion and is offered subject to availability.
Red Dot: AOP Members End of Year Auction and Exhibition in support of Photovoice
Event date 01 December 2010
‘Red Dot’ is a hugely popular event, giving photography fans the opportunity to buy quality photographic prints. Bidding starts at £40.00 for all prints.
Charity Auction Evening - Wednesday 1 December 2010 @ 6.30pm
Exhibtion - 1 December - 13 January 2011
Another AOP silent auction is on it’s way, ‘Red Dot’ a hugely popular event, giving photography fans the opportunity to buy quality photographic prints. Bidding starts at £40.00 for all prints.
Come and place your bids and do your bit for charity! For a sneak preview of the images please click here.
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Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm
Auction Catalogue 2010
Event date 23 November 2010
PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs Gallery 2010
Event date 23 November 2010
Live auction: lots 1-35
Silent auction: lots 36-83
Lot 13 Simon Norfolk Artist Statement
How the Auction Works
Absentee and Telephone Bidding
Terms and Conditions
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010 - Anastasia Taylor-Lind in conversation with Laura Noble
Event date 02 December 2010
Anastasia Taylor-Lind began her career in photojournalism 2004. She studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales Newport and the London College of Communication and is currently based in Syria.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010
Anastasia Taylor-Lind - emerging talent within journalism and documentary photography.
7.30pm Thursday 2nd December
South Place Ethical Society, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
Tickets: £10 in advance, £12 on the door
TICKETS ARE NOW ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Anastasia Taylor-Lind began her career in photojournalism 2004. She studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales Newport and the London College of Communication and is currently based in Syria. She is represented by the VII Mentor program.
Anastasia has won a number of photography awards including the Guardian photography award for this portrait if a Kurdish female fighter.
Laura Noble is the Co-Director of Diemar/Noble Photography, London. She is also the author of The Art of Collecting Photography (AVA 2006), has essays in several monographs, curates and lectures on all aspects of collecting and gallery practice worldwide. As an avid collector she prides herself on discovering new talent and writes extensively on photography in numerous journals including Eyemazing, GUP, Foam, Hotshoe, Snoeks, Next Level and LIP.
www.lauraannnoble.com
Please note - Marcus Bleasdale is no longer able to participate in this event.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010 - Mary McCartney in conversation with Robin Derrick
Event date 11 November 2010
Mary McCartney started her career as a photographer in 1995. Since then Mary’s work has spanned the worlds of portrait and fashion photography. Her style lies in finding a moment that gives us a new insight on the subject.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010
Mary McCartney - established photographer in the world of fashion, portrait and documentary, in conversation with Robin Derrick - Creative Director of British Vogue, Photographer and Director
7.30pm Thursday 11th November
South Place Ethical Society, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
£12 on the door
TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Mary McCartney started her career as a photographer in 1995. Since then Mary’s work has spanned the worlds of portrait and fashion photography. Her style lies in finding a moment that gives us a new insight on the subject.
Mary’s assignments have led to her work appearing in editorial titles such as Harpers Bazaar and Interview Magazine as well as high impact advertising campaigns for clients such as Gossard, Stella McCartney, Adidas, Aga, Bucherer and Mandarin Oriental.
Mary’s first solo exhibition was in October 2004 entitled ‘Off Pointe - A Photographic Study of The Royal Ballet After Hours’ in which she was invited into the private world of the elite Corps De Ballet. This series of black & white photographs reveals an intimate unseen aspect of the world of ballet capturing the prestige and the chaos of life behind the scenes and the contrast between the sometimes gruelling, painful lifestyle of the dancers and their fairy tale performances.
Mary’s first book “From Where I Stand” a retrospective book of her photographic work to date will be published in October 2010 by Thames & Hudson.
Mary will be exhibiting ‘From Where I Stand’ at Michael Hoppen Gallery from 22nd October – 20 November
In 1982 Robin had just begun a three-year degree course at St Martins College of Art when he met Terry Jones, Editor-in-chief of the fledgling style magazine, i-D. For the next four years he worked with Terry on i-D experimenting with early computer graphics and playing with ideas of what a magazine could look like.
As Art Director of The Face, from 1986-87, Robin forged links with Nick Knight, Mario Testino and Juergen Teller. In 1993 Robin took up the position of Art Director at British Vogue and was then appointed Creative Director in 2001. Robin has been a contributing creative director to the Giorgio Armani brand since 2005
Robin also works as a photographer and director, shooting fashion and beauty editorial for the British, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese editions of Vogue as well as US and UK Glamour.
Making the Change
Posted 21 July 2010
Young disabled people across the North West share their view of the transition from child to adult services, informing improvements to services.
More information and image gallery
PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2009
Event date 08 December 2009
The Auction is a firm fixture in the photography industry calendar. Its reputation grows each year and it has become associated with some of the world’s most iconic photography.
PhotoVoice was overwhelmed by the generosity of the photography community this year, and was proud to announce its most impressive collection of prints to date. This year the bidders had the opportunity to bid on prints by legendary masters including Eve Arnold, Bert Hardy, Thurston Hopkins, Patrick Litchfield, Nadav Kander, Mary Ellen Mark, Steve McCurry, Terry O’Neil and Herb Ritts as well as the great names of the future such as Giacomo Brunelli, Li Fan, Tim Hetherington and Anastasia Taylor-Lind.
Images of What is Ours Gallery - Paraguay
Posted 15 April 2010
Images of What is Ours, our Paraguay project with Amnesty International and the Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa communities.
Image © 2010 Jose Florentin / Amnesty International / Tierra Viva / PhotoVoice
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Opportunities to get involved
Posted 22 March 2010
PhotoVoice is currently recruiting for a new trustee to bring legal expertise to its active board. More details.
PhotoVoice is also currently recruiting for several volunteer interns to support different areas of our work. Find out more.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series
Event date 10 May 2010
Sundance film festival and World Press Photo winner Tim Hetherington will be delivering a lecture at The Kings Place on May 10th 2010.
Click here for full details
PhotoVoice Newsletter February 2010
Posted 11 February 2010
Read the latest PhotoVoice newsletter
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London Art Fair 2009
Posted 22 December 2009
PhotoVoice is delighted to have been invited to exhibit at the London Art Fair for the second year running. For more information and details about the 241 ticket offer please click here
PhotoVoice Training Workshops
New dates have been added - Places are filling up fast, to book please click here
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PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011
Event date 22 November 2011
The renowned PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs is back this autumn, showcasing a unique collection of world class prints from photography legends, contemporary masters and emerging talent.
Over 80 prints will be auctioned, including photographs by Eve Arnold, Tim Flach, Veronica Bailey, Herb Ritts, Brian Griffin, Tony McGee, Sarah Moon, Simon Roberts and David Chancellor.
Tuesday 22nd November
6pm-10pm, live auction starts 8pm
Auctioneer: Jeffrey Archer
Hosted by Reuters
The Thomson Reuters Building, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5EP
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>Tickets £20 in advance - click here to book tickets
Kindly supported by Reuters and Clifford Chance
For an early glimpse of our auction lots, visit our preview exhibition at La Galleria Pall Mall, from 14th-18th November, click here for more details.
The Silent Auction has already opened!
See our online catalogue for all our silent auction lots and details of how to bid!
Auction catalogue
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“Migration, Stories of a Journey” International Photography Award
Posted 20 December 2011
PhotoVoice is thrilled to support the ‘Migration, Stories of a Journey’ International Photography Award launched by Accademia Apulia.
With the Patronage of Amnesty International, the British Council, the European Commission Representation in the UK and the International Organisation for Migration, Accademia Apulia UK is pleased to announce the opening of submissions for their 2011 Photography Award.
‘Migration, Stories of a Journey’ is aimed at promoting emerging photographers of all nationalities based in the European Economic Community whose work explores the lives and development of migrants worldwide.
The focus of this award is to highlight migrants’ struggle and difficulties as they seek a better life in their
adopted country.
Entrants will be assessed by leading figures in the fields of Photography and Journalism:
Barbara Roche - Migration Museum Project
Diane Smyth - British Journal of Photography
Jennifer Francis - The Royal Academy of Arts
John Ingledew - University of Gloucestershire
Lucilla and Fabrizio Barbieri - Coppi Barbieri
Stefano Tura – RAI
Steve Macleod – Metro Imaging
Susan Jenkins - The Art Newspaper
Prize
Three finalists will be revealed on 10 January 2012 and the winner on 10 Feb 2012. Their works will be
showcased in a group exhibition curated by Elisa Canossa at the Royal Horseguards in London. The three
finalists will be flown in as guests of Accademia Apulia for two nights. The winner will also receive € 1000
cash prize.
Entries opened on 18th October 2011 and are free. The closing date for entries is 30 December 2011.
To enter the competition please visit www.accademiapulia.org
How equal are young people? The Right Year For Children launch
Posted 19 December 2011
Two great events inaugurated the launch of The Right Year For Children celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UK ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
No children allowed?
On 15th December, an exhibition showcasing photographs and messages from young people across the country opened at Matrix Chambers, one of the elite barristers’ organization specializing in liberties and human rights. It was followed by an equality workshop for young (under 18 year-olds) child activists and with attendance of some great experts on law, equality and children’s rights.
Carolyne Willow, National Co-ordinator of the Children’s Rights Alliance for England started off by posing a fundamental question - How equal are the children and young people in England today?
Two of the country’s leading discrimination barristers, Karon Monaghan QC of Matrix Chambers and Ulele Burnham of Doughty Street Chambers, stressed the importance of the Equality Act and how it applies to young people’s lives: Karon in her talk on Why we have an Equality Act and why it’s relevant to children and young people, and Ulele in her discussion on Challenging discrimination: real-life stories.
All the participants were asked to bring one object, photograph or picture that they feel symbolizes how children and young people are treated in the UK today. A dice, a wooden box with a sticker on it saying “No children allowed”, a school trophy, a candle and more - all gathered at the workshop table reflecting young people’s personal view on the matter.
Footprints to No. 10 Downing Street
On 16th December, a group of 19 children and young people marched to the Prime Minister HQ to deliver messages from thousands of children all over the country, marking the 20th anniversary of the UK signing up to the UNCRC. They were accompanied by the representatives of four organizations that form the steering Committee of the Right Year For Children celebrations: Alicia Jones of UNICEF, Carolyne Willow of CRAE, Matt Daw and Clare Struthers of PhotoVoice, and Kate Parish of Pupil Voice & Participation England.
Children sent their messages on paper footprints, each footprint symbolizing one signature on this unusual petition, aiming to remind the government to remember young people’s rights when creating new laws and policies.
One of the participants, 18 year-old Rory Murray from Bracknell, told Children&Young People Now:
“It’s an important moment to mark the 20th anniversary. A lot has been achieved in 20 years, especially around giving children the special protection they need, but much more needs to be done. In the next 20 years I hope to see the UNCRC brought into our domestic law. The government is getting there on listening to children but they still have a long way to go.”
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child gives children everywhere over 40 major rights, including the right to education, family support, an adequate standard of living, to health, to play and recreation, to protection from all forms of violence, and the right to be heard and taken seriously. The Convention requires that all children be respected as human beings with views, feelings and ideas of their own.
Unlike many countries, the UK still hasn’t made the Convention part of its domestic law.
Rights! Cameras! Action! resource launch!
Posted 16 December 2011
Our RCA multimedia resource launches with exhibition in Scottish parliament, Edinburgh and Matrix Chambers, London.
In the photo: Sarah White MSP by our RCA exhibition stand.
Double your money if you donate!
Posted 14 December 2011
PhotoVoice has nearly £4,000 match funding available from its Big Give Christmas Challenge.
Make a donation and it will be matched.
Make a donation to PhotoVoice and it will be matched pound-for-pound! After the Big Give, we still have nearly £4,000 of funding from an annonymous donor available to match your donation.
Please donate whatever you can and help PhotoVoice continue its innovative work in using photography to connect the marginalised to the majority.
BIG THANKS in advance and Merry Christmas to you all!
Get more involved with our work and become a Friend of PhotoVoice, click here
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PhotoVoice Prints For Sale
Posted 07 December 2011
Looking for an exceptional gift this Christmas?
We have a number of prints for sale ideal for that special Christmas gift, from artists including, Sarah Moon, Laura Pannack & John Swannell to name a few!.
Click here for a full inventory of what we have on offer.
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Interview with our new Director, Kevin McCullough
Posted 07 December 2011
A big, warm welcome to our new Director, Kevin McCullough! We are very excited to have him with us & we are sure he is up for a challenge of steering the PhotoVoice ship!
We asked Kevin a few questions about his work, his favourite music and the challenges awaiting in 2012…
Kevin, where are you from and what is your background?
I am originally from Belfast and have had 20 years experience in international development working for organisations including Christian Aid and CAFOD. In the last 4 years I have been doing some work on funding social justice documentary films.
What attracted you to PhotoVoice?
I have known of PhotoVoice’s work for some years. I am concerned about issues of visual representation within the charity sector generally and the international NGOs in particular. PhotoVoice methodology ensures that those who are often the subjects of photography can become its creators, thereby offering a new perspective that challenges people’s prejudice. Through photography the participants are engaged in speaking out about their situations and challenges and expressing their hopes and fears. In this way, photography becomes a tool for advocacy and positive social change.
What are your plans for PhotoVoice in 2012?
It’s still early days – I’ve only been here a week!
I’m very excited about the projects we have in development for next year. Whilst these are tough financial times for the charity sector PhotoVoice supporters are some of the most loyal and generous. I would hope to build upon the excellent work that has gone on before me and engage more deeply with our supporters to build a solid financial future. In the not-to-distant future, I’d like marginalised communities to be leading that process of social change, not just part of it.
Any PhotoVoice project you cherish most?
There are so many excellent PV projects – Visible Rights working with children in Afghanistan, more recently Lookout London working with young people who have experienced homelessness and knife crime and Rights, Cameras, Action raising awareness children’s rights and the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child to name a few. Working with effective partners who are calling for policy change on specific issues is important. For us at PhotoVoice we can play a part in the advocacy process through the tool of photography and story telling. Last week I heard the stories of two young people living in east London and how the Lookout project was potentially life changing for them. By giving expression to their fears and their hopes for the future, the project is succeeding where so many others had fallen short.
Any upcoming PhotoVoice project you are particularly excited about?
The next phases of Lookout and Rights Cameras Action will be very exciting. There are two or three other projects we are working on which are sensitive, complex and yet cutting edge areas of work. What I love about PhotoVoice is that the projects undertaken are not safe but are always attempting to offer space for the visual voice of people living in vulnerable and difficult situations and yet through the experience of the project participants often see their situations in a different way.
What is the biggest challenge for you as Director of a non profit organization?
To continue to be effective, efficient and excellent in what we do. Staying close to our values and finding more ways of involving the wonderful community that is PhotoVoice.
What was the most challenging campaign you have ever worked on?
Make Poverty History - it was big in scale and in its demands of the world’s leaders at the G8. A campaign which engaged some 25 million people in the UK and marching with 250,000 people in Edinburgh was truly inspirational and yet the year had many challenges.
What do you do in your free time?
I am involved in a voluntary capacity with an international charity using sport as a tool for conflict resolution and community development and I’m a mentor for some youth projects in southern Africa. Apart from that reading, music, visits to the cinema, theatre and watching sport.
Tea or coffee?
Coffee – preferably Irish!
Favourite band?
Sorry, it’s Classic FM in the background for me and U2, the Beatles, Kanye West and my son’s band Mammoth Sound (not my style but you have to be supportive!)
If you weren’t working in a charity sector, what would you be doing?
Scoring the winning goal for Leeds United in the Cup Final! Then waking up and fishing from Mangochi on Lake Malawi!
The Right Year For Children launches this week!
Event date 16 December 2011
The Right Year for Children is coming up next Friday (16th December). How will we celebrate?
16th December 2011 marks 20 years since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was formerly adopted by the UK.
EVENTS
Throughout 2011 PhotoVoice has been working with young people all around the UK in order to gather their thoughts and experiences on the relevance and importance of child rights to their lives. The young people involved have included Young Carers, Looked After Young People, Homeless Young People and Disabled Young People.
On December 16th PhotoVoice and Action for Children will launch an online multimedia resource at www.rightscamerasaction.org.uk to inform and engage young people across the UK about UNCRC. A booklet will also be produced to be used as a classroom tool and to signpost the online resource.
PhotoVoice are to showcase this rights-based work in Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in December, to coincide with the 20th anniversary and with a UK-wide press campaign based on raising awareness of this significant landmark.
The exhibition will showcase photographs and messages directly from young people, bringing their voices to the discussion and reminding MPs and public audiences alike of the importance of their perspectives and their engagement in the implementation of any policies or initiatives designed to improve their lives.
On 15th December 2011 exactly the same exhibition will be showcased in Matrix Chambers in London to coincide with an equality workshop for young people, as part of the launch publicity for the Right Year for Children.
On 16th December, young people will march to 10 Downing Street to present footprints from young people all over the UK to remind the government to remember young people and their rights when developing policies and laws.
RIGHT YEAR FOR CHILDREN LOGO
16 year-old Trishna Jethwa from Leicester was the winner of a nation-wide competition for children and young people to create a universal logo to mark the 20th anniversary of ratifying the UNCRC. Organisations working with children and young people, including the Government and local councils, will be encouraged to use the logo as part of their work and commitment to promote and protect children’s rights.
Carolyne Willow, CRAE’s national co-ordinator, adds:
“We hope the winning logo will be used by hundreds of organisations and will really help to increase people’s knowledge and understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Our country signed up to this human rights treaty 20 years ago and we want to get the message out loud and clear that children and young people have their own set of rights protected by international law.”
On 21st November, Trishna claimed her prize by having her design made into a professional logo by PhotoVoice Ambassador Adrian Nunn at the design agency The Big Window who generously donated their time, whilst also meeting Maggie Atkinson, the Children’s Commissioner for England.
Check out our blog regularly for updates and coverage of all the RYC events!
For more information on the project: click here.
Lookout London Exhibition Launch!
Posted 02 December 2011
The Lookout London exhibition launch went off with a bang last night!
Special thanks to all those who came down to enjoy the evening & of course all those project participants, partners & funders who made it possible. The books flew off the table like hot cakes, the travelling exhibition looked great in its debut in the limelight, and lots of the young photographers were there to celebrate their achievement and speak to visitors about their photos and messages. Bianca from Homerton Space Project, and James from Stephen House both spoke very eloquently about their experience on the project, and the evening came to an end too soon for many of us!
A special mention to Hackney Borough Council for generously funding the event & the Crisis Skylight Cafe for superbly hosting it!
The travelling exhibition will now be moving on to Lambeth Council where it will be exhibited in libraries across the borough, helping to widen the reach & impact of this campaign within the capital. Poster versions of the same exhibition materials are available for schools - if you are interested in displaying these materials (provided by PhotoVoice at no cost to you) to generate discussion amongst young people at your school please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Get in touch soon as there are a limited number of poster sets available!
We are not restricting the reach of this project to London either. PhotoVoice has partnered with a fantastic charity called The Photographic Angle, which has the aim of introducing new audiences to photography by touring pop-up exhibitions and taking photography out of galleries and into public spaces and informal spaces. TPA will be touring an exhibition of the work from the Lookout London project all around the UK – watch our website and sign up to the PhotoVoice newsletter to be kept informed of the venues and dates when they are confirmed.
And what next? Well Lookout London is hopefully just the start. The issues we are trying to address are not exclusive to London, and in the next phase of this project we hope to work in a similar way in other parts of the UK – including Manchester, Liverpool, Southampton and Glasgow. PhotoVoice and Chapter 1 will be working together on this next phase, and involving other organisations working with young people to include young people from as diverse backgrounds as possible. If you would like more information about this, or if you think you or your organisation could get involved in some way, please do get in touch by emailing Project Manager Matt Daw - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
If you would like to host the travelling exhibition in your community space - whether it is a library, community centre, service centre, job centre or museum - please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to arrange a date.
To request copies of the book - for yourself or for distribution in your school or youth club, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
*Lookout London exhibition, showcasing works on gang culture and knife crime, will be touring schools and libraries in south London.
Where is it now and what are the next stops?
Downham Library
5th - 11th December
Downham Health & Leisure Centre
7-9 Moorside Road, Bromley, BR1 5EP
Map: click here
Catford Library
12th - 18th December
1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU
Map: click here
Lewisham Library
from 19th December
199-201 Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LG
Map: click here
Don’t miss it!
For more information on the project
VOICES Exhibition Now in Birmingham
Event date 06 December 2011
Previously showcased with a great success at the Hereford Photography Festival, VOICES exhibition moves to BOA in Birmingham.
Part of our international project See it Our Way that focuses on the problem of human trafficking and features photo works of young people from Albania, Lebanon or Pakistan, VOICES exhibition travels from Hereford to BOA, a fantastic creative venue in Birmingham. VOICES is a collaboration between PhotoVoice and The Photographic Angle, an organisation that transforms public spaces into temporary photo galleries.
Lookout London exhibition launch!
Posted 29 November 2011
A BIG thank you to all who came along to the Lookout London exhibition launch - a good time was had by all!
Lookout London poster campaign launched!
Posted 23 November 2011
Check out our Lookout London poster campaign recently launched across the capital - keep an eye out for a poster near you!
If anyone would like to help us broaden our campaign reach by putting up a few posters in your local area to then please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) & I’ll send some out to you!
Posters showcasing at the Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth
Special thanks to all at Shahmoon tv for the generous charity discount on the street ads
PhotoVoice Auction 2011 Preview Exhibition
Event date 14 November 2011
A preview exhibition of prints in the PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011, which is open for public viewing.
Date:
Monday 14th - Friday 18th November
Opening hours to the general public:
11am-6pm, late night Thursday to 7.30pm
Venue:
La Galleria Pall Mall, 30 Royal Opera Arcade, London, SW1Y 4UY
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Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus or Charing Cross
The Silent Auction is now open!
See our online catalogue for all our silent auction lots and details of how to bid!
For details of the Auction night, which takes place on Tuesday 22nd November, and to book tickets please click here.
Auction catalogue
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The PhotoVoice Auction 2011 was a great success!
Event date 22 November 2011
This years Auction was a great success enjoyed by all who attended, and included some brand new features such as the preview exhibition and the Silent Auction text bidding system.
More information and to view images
A BIG thank you to all that attended and helped make the PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011 such a success!
We are very pleased to announce that the overall amount raised was just over £70,000!
It was the first year we’ve introduced text bidding within the Silent Auction and it added an extra element of excitment on the night.
It was also the first year we held a preview exhibition of the prints the week prior to the event at La Galleria, Pall Mall, which everyone who attended also thoroughly enjoyed.
For more details about this year’s Auction and to view the online catalogue, click here.
Watch this slideshow showcasing a selection of the projects and interviews with their participants from 2011:
PhotoVoice Auction previewed in Sunday Times online Spectrum gallery!
Posted 10 November 2011
The PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011 was previewed in the Sunday Times online Spectrum gallery on 6th November 2011 - check out the photos!
Festival Fever at PhotoVoice!
Posted 04 November 2011
PhotoVoice has been a big success recently at both the Hereford Photography Festival and the Delhi Photo Festival
Our Walk in My Shoes exhibition travelled down to Hereford for the festival, complete with new QR codes for instant audio download - see the wonders of technology in action!
Also as part of the festival our very own projects manager Matt Daw together with Anthony Riley of The Photographic Angle, gave a seminar in the use of participatory photography to bring about social change @Fotofilia Gallery in Birmingham on Monday 31st October. Check out the pics!
A slideshow combining work from our See It Our Way and Direct Voices projects, was also a big success at the Delhi Photo Festival. Check out their blog
Donate between 5 – 9 December and your donation will be doubled!
Posted 04 November 2011
Get inviolved in the BIG GIVE Christmas Challenge 2011!
Double your money!
Make a donation to PhotoVoice through the BIG GIVE today or tomorrow and it will be matched pound-for-pound! We have a target of £10,000, which if achieved will result in PhotoVoice getting £20,000 – a huge boost to our projects in these difficult times.
We’ve already received nearly £2,000, so we’re well on our way! Please donate whatever you can and help PhotoVoice continue its innovative work in using photogrgaphy to connect the marginalised to the majority.
BIG THANKS in advance and Merry Christmas to you all!
If you want to become a Friend of PhotoVoice click here
Please email your MP today to keep 400 16 and 17 year olds out of prison
Posted 28 October 2011
Please email your MP today asking them to vote against the new knife crime proposals coming before Parliament on Monday.
As you may have heard, the Government announced on Wednesday that it is planning to introduce mandatory prison sentences of at least 4 months for 16 and 17 year olds found guilty of threatening with a knife. This move which could see up to 400 under-18s ending up in prison.
Knife crime is a serious problem for some communities and we agree that urgent action is needed to address it. But we don’t think that prison is the answer. Instead, we need to look at why ¾ of children and young people who report carrying a knife claim to do so for protection. We need to tackle the barriers that still seem to exist in some communities between young people and the police. And given that rates of knife possession are significantly higher amongst children and young people who have been victims themselves, we need to work with young victims of knife crime, to better support them so they don’t think carrying a knife is a solution.
A survey of 15-18 year olds in young offender institutions published earlier this week found that, whilst nearly every single one of the 1000+ teens interviewed wanted to stop offending, only half felt they had done something whilst inside that would help them to stop offending.
If, like us, you think simply putting 16 and 17 year olds in prison is an expensive way of making things worse, please email your MP ahead of the debate in the House of Commons this coming Monday, 31st October, asking them to vote against this amendment.
To find out who your MP is and to email them, click here.
If you only send one email this weekend, please make it this one.
Stories of the World: Geffrye Museum
Posted 17 October 2011
Over the last five weeks young people from the World’s End Estate have worked with staff from the Geffrye Museum and PhotoVoice to learn and develop photography techniques.
Throughout the project the participants have used photography as a way to engage with and think about what ‘home’ means to them. This project has enabled young people to engage in an open dialogue about their homes and has encouraged them to think about them afresh, exploring ‘what makes a home’ and the way they live.
The work displayed in this exhibition are photographs which they feel signify the themes they discussed the most. Participants have also written corresponding captions which gives you an insight into their lives.
PhotoVoice at HPF: October - November 2011
Event date 31 October 2011
PhotoVoice will be showcased at two venues during the Hereford Photography Festival 2011, and will lead a seminar in the use of participatory photography to bring about social change.
Young people speak out through photography about the risks and root causes of human trafficking in their communities.
· Opens on the 31st Oct 2011 - Presentation begins at 5.30pm
· @Fotofilia Gallery Regent Street, Birmingham B1 3NS
· Closes on the 23rd Nov 2011
A short presentation by Matt Daw of PhotoVoice and Antony Riley of TPA introducing the exhibition and the organisations involved will take place in the gallery from 5.30pm on October 31st.
Walk in My Shoes: 12th-26th October Opening Night
Posted 14 October 2011
Thanks to all that made the Walk in My Shoes exhibition opening a great success!
PhotoVoice would like to thank everyone who made it down to the Southside Shopping Centre on Wednesday night, to help us toast the opening of our Walk in My Shoes exhibition & drink all the wine!
It was a great night, enjoyed by all, including the photographers, friends and families, PV staff, facilitators and project partners.
It was an especially good opportunity for our project participants to finally meet each other in person and talk about each other’s work and life experiences. Everyone loved the audio aspect to the photo-trail, Caroline from the Southside Shopping Centre itself, saying how much depth it added to her overall enjoyment of the photographs.
So, if you haven’t had a chance to make it down yet, fear not there’s still plenty of time, as it’s running until 26th October, so why don’t you take 5 minutes out of your day to take a walk in someones elses shoes?
PhotoVoice showcases work at the Delhi Photo Festival
Event date 21 October 2011
PhotoVoice work from the projects See It Our Way surrounding the issues of human trafficking accross the Middle East and Eastern Europe and Direct Voices, exploring issues surrounding HIV and AIDS in Bosnia and Russia, is being exhibited at the Delhi Photo Festival on 21st October, as part of a slideshow showcasing work produced by children/youth around the world.
Enter the Young Photographers’ Alliance (YPA) competition - Deadline is 7 October!
Posted 05 October 2011
YPA will be offering 2 photographers the opportunity to exhibit an image at the Select Photofair in Hoxton. Apply now! Deadline is 7 October!
Enter the Young Photographers’ Alliance (YPA) competition to win a place to exhibit work at the first annual London Select Photofair.
Sell your photography alongside a range of top photographers and promote your work to commercial clients.
Hosted by leading photographic magazine, Select, the fair will showcase the work of over 30 international photographers from 27 Oct- 24 Nov 2011. The Select Photofair will be promoted to collectors, art buyers, and creatives, enabling its artists to sell prints and attract commercial attention from potential clients.
PhotoVoice showcases work at the Delhi Photo Festival
Posted 03 October 2011
PhotoVoice work included as part of a slideshow showcasing youth produced work from around the world at the Delhi Photo Festival 2011 on 21st October 2011.
Announcement of new PhotoVoice Chief Executive
Posted 26 September 2011
Kevin McCullough will be joining PhotoVoice as chief executive on 28th November 2011.
Kevin joins us from CAFOD where he has been Head of Campaigns for the past three years. In that role he led the Climate Justice campaign, has been a member of the DFID Communications group and has been involved with campaigning work for Why Poverty?, a series of documentaries for 50 broadcasters around the world, including the BBC.
Prior to working at CAFOD he had a number of roles at Christian Aid and he started his career as a youth and community worker for Belfast City Council.
He is a founder member and chairperson of Tipping Point Film Fund, a co-operative working in partnership with the Co-Operative Group to fund film directors working on social justice films. He is also a founder member and chairperson of the charity Global Goals, which supports sports development in poor communities around the world.
He will take over from Dominique Green, who has been chief executive since January 2009. Dominique is leaving to expand her existing role as Delegate to the Berlin Film Festival, responsible for the UK and Eire, and return to the film and photography industries as a consultant.
The trustees are extremely grateful for the work that Dominique has put into PhotoVoice over the past two and a half years and thank her for her considerable contribution.
In Kevin we believe that we have an excellent successor who will bring new skills and experience to PhotoVoice in its second decade and we all look forward to working with him.
Eyes of Youth, Albania in partnership with World Vision
Posted 23 September 2011
Workshops have completed in Kurbin, Albania where young people in deprived communities have documented social issues, in order to engage the local community in working towards positive social change.
More information and image gallery
PhotoVoice Supports The Right Year for Children
Posted 21 September 2011
PhotoVoice has teamed up with the Office of Children’s Commissioner, the Office of Children’s Rights Director and many other children’s and young people’s charities to celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UK.
The Right Year for Children 2011-12
PhotoVoice has teamed up with the Office of Children’s Commissioner, the Office of Children’s Rights Director and many other children’s and young people’s charities to celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UK.
In December 1991, the UK Government made a legal agreement with the United Nations uphold and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the United Kingdom. Find out more about the UNCRC.
We are planning a year of action, beginning November 2011, to celebrate the anniversary and seek greater rights protection for children and young people in England. We hope you will join us!
To find out how you may become a partner or supporter of The Right Year for Children, contact: Denise Malcolm at the Office of the Children’s Commissioner: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Lookout London photos to be showcased at police gangs conference
Event date 30 September 2011
Photographs from both Lookout London groups will be showcased at the Police & Criminal Justice conference Tackling Gangs and Serious Youth Violence, on Friday 30th September 2011.
As David Cameron talks about ‘declaring war on gangs’ and the public looks for simple targets to blame the criminal activity that took place during the spree of rioting and looting in August, the perception of young people in Britain is in danger of falling to a new low. Despite the fact that fewer than a quarter of those charged for criminal activity during the riots were under 18, the media coverage and political responses have been filled with references to ‘feral youth’ and ‘violent teenagers’. The issues of gangs and knife crime have gained media prominence once again as if they are connected to the same simple problem – the existence of a disrespectful, uncontrollable and lawless generation.
Representing young people only as part of these social problems damages any attempts to improve the situation on the streets. The implication is that young people are only important or worth talking about when they are engaged in criminal activity, and the pressures and dangers they face themselves are not discussed or dealt with. The issues are to do with poverty, lack of opportunity and boredom, not age, and young people should be engaged in identifying and building solutions rather than being ignored until involved in criminal or anti-social behaviour, and then being stamped on by the legal system.
As police, criminal justice professionals, MPs and youth workers gather in Westminster to discuss the issues and potential solutions, the presence of the work from Lookout London will ensure that young people’s experiences and perspectives are not forgotten.
Image: © Angelika Stolarz 2011 / Chapter 1 / PhotoVoice
Not every dog is angry and wants to bite you.
More about Lookout London project
PhotoVoice congratulates Mr Bezwada Wilson,
Posted 01 September 2011
PhotoVoice congratulates Mr Bezwada Wilson, Convenor of Indian partner organisation Safai Karmachari Andolan on his ‘Real Hero’ award. The awards, given at a ceremony in Mumbai last month, recognise and acknowledge ordinary Indians who are making a difference to people’s lives.
Wilson, along with the Dalit Solidarity Network UK, helped organise our Images of Foul Play project working with Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) to create images for SKA and DSNUK in their campaign to eradicate the practice of manual scavenging - a term used to describe the job of removing human excrement from dry toilets and sewers.
For information about the project see http://www.photovoice.org/projects/international/images-of-foul-play-2010 and http://safaikarmachariandolan.org/articleon%20manualscavenging.php, http://www.dsnuk.org/Manual_Scav.htm
Rights Cameras Action, UK
Posted 01 September 2011
PhotoVoice, in partnership with Action for Children, is currently running workshops with groups of young people all over the UK in order to gather their thoughts and experiences related to the importance of child rights in the UK.
The photos and videos produced by the young people will feed into an online and printed resource aimed at engaging young people in discussing the role of child rights. This resource will be launched in December 2011 to coincide with the start of the RIGHT Year for Children, a year of events and campaigns organised by child-focused UK charities to recognise the 20th anniversary of the ratifying of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in the UK.
Walk in My Shoes: 12th – 26th October 2011
Event date 12 October 2011
Southside Shopping Centre in Wandsworth hosts a photo-trail of images by PhotoVoice-trained photographers sharing a range of diverse experiences and perspectives on living in Great Britain. Extended to 26th October!
Check out our blog for photos of the opening night!
12th - 26th October 2011
Southside Shopping Centre
Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London SW18 4TF Map
Nearest tube: East Putney (District Line) / Wandsworth Town Rail
Walk in My Shoes is a photo trail of 13 images by PhotoVoice-trained photographers, and showcases a diverse range of perspectives and experiences on life in Great Britain. Installed in Southside Shopping Centre, this exhibition is designed to challenge people to take a moment out of their own lives and preoccupations to walk in someone else’s shoes.
Visit our information point at Snappy Snaps, 110 Southside to pick up an exhibition guide, leave feedback, and to submit a photograph for our interactive exhibition display of perspectives on life in Great Britain. Anyone leaving feedback will have a chance to win an A2 stretched canvas print of their favourite photograph in the exhibition, and the visitors’ favourite from the interactive exhibition will win a personal photo book. All prizes courtesy of Snappy Snaps.
Download the Audio Trail to listen to soundscape and interviews with the photographers on your mp3 player or mobile phone as you walk the trail. (Downloads as zip folder).
Download and print an exhibition guide, with a map of the trail and an introduction to each of the featured photographers.
Online Exhibition Preview
Click on the thumbnails below to view a larger image and to listen to the accompanying audio track.
Voices - PhotoVoice Travelling Exhibition
Event date 07 September 2011
UK charity The Photographic Angle is collaborating with PhotoVoice to showcase work from four recent projects in an exciting exhibition touring sites in Bristol, Birmingham, Swindon and Maidenhead.
Voices will feature work from recent projects Lookout London, See it Our Way, UR in the Picture and How We See It.
The Photographic Angle holds free exhibitions that travel across the UK transforming vacant spaces into temporary galleries. In this way TPA seeks to give the public more opportunities to engage with the dynamic field of contemporary photography practice. www.thephotographicangle.co.uk
Voices Exhibition Touring Schedule
7-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Bristol
Venue: Aztec 920 and 930 Park Avenue, Aztec West, Almondsbury, BS324SR
14-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Swindon
Venue: Kingston Hse, Lydiards Fields, SN5 8UB
21-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Maidenhead
Venue: The Place, Bridge Avenue, SL61AF
28-Sep-11 Sat-Wed: Bristol
Venue: Lewins Mead,Whitefriars, BS1 2NT
5-Oct-11 Sat-Wed: Birmingham
Venue: Quayside Tower, Broad Street, B12HF
10 images from See it Our Way will also be showcased as part of the Hereford Photography Festival 2011, at Fotofilia (Fotofilia Gallery Regent Street, Birmingham B1 3NS) from October 31st - November 24th 2011.
A presentation and Q&A will take place from 5.30pm on 31st October with representatives from PhotoVoice and TPA present to talk about the project and the rationale behind the democratisation of photography.
Get the Picture: Scottish Parliament
Posted 23 August 2011
Young Scottish people are offered the chance to showcase their views, issues and lives in Scotland, as well as give them the opportunity to present their aspirations for Scotland over the next 5 years.
More details and online gallery
Lookout London: Homerton Group
Posted 18 August 2011
Young people in supported housing in Homerton reflect on the impact gang and knife crime issues have on their lives, as part of our ongoing project helping young people to challenge increasing media representation of young people purely as the cause of these issues. In partnership with Chapter 1.
More details and online gallery
Lookout London – Young people explore gang and knife crime issues
Posted 07 July 2011
This Summer, we are delighted to be running workshops with young people in supported housing in East London, in partnership with Chapter 1 (http://www.ch1.org.uk/).
From July through until September, we will be supporting young people in Hackney and Walthamstow to explore how young people in these boroughs are affected by gangs and knife crime. With young people so often framed as the causes of these issues, the ways in which they are affected day-to-day whether they like it or not, are often overlooked.
The work will be showcased through a series of local exhibitions and a booklet in October – November. Interested in hosting a physical or online exhibition in your venue, institution or website? Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Two year project with the National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children and Young People
Posted 07 July 2011
July sees us starting work on our next long-term project: a two-year project with the National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children and Young People, generously funded by Comic Relief and BBC Children in Need.
Over the next two years, we’ll be working with young people in four sites across the country to create and disseminate digital stories tackling the issue of sexual exploitation from the perspective of young people affected by it. Workshops will start in January 2012.
Doing an event for charity? Do it for PhotoVoice!
Posted 06 July 2011
PhotoVoice has a page on the Virgin Giving page - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/giving/ If you need help or ideas, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Workshops Completed in the Somali Region of Ethiopia
Posted 06 July 2011
“This photo has a lot of important things: so many that we can’t count them. The house we use for shelter - it protects us from the cold, the heat, the sun, the rain, the wind, and dofan (storms). It’s a Somali house made of grass, harars,(woven mats) and small iron sheets. This is my house. I sleep there. I also study school subjects and religious lessons. I have a good life here.” © Cabdi Shaafi Ismaaciil / 2011 / Save the Children / PhotoVoice
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The PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs
Event date 23 November 2010
Come and celebrate the power of photography in all its expressions at the renowned annual PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs.
The PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs
Hosted by Reuters
23rd November 2010
Thomson Reuters, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5EP
This year’s collection is the most impressive to date, and includes stunning prints by legends of photography past and present alongside new work from exciting emerging talent. This year’s auction will include lots donated by Dan Holdsworth, Massimo Vitali, Frank Horvat, and an exclusive opportunity to bid on a unique one-off set of Simon Norfolk prints. Signed, editioned, vintage prints from George Rodger, Eve Arnold and Herb Ritts also feature.
Jeffrey Archer will host a live auction of 35 prints, and the remaining prints will be sold via a silent auction that will run throughout the evening. All prints will be exhibited on the night.
Live Auction 8.00pm – 9.00pm
Silent Auction 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Guest Auctioneer Jeffery Archer
Tickets including catalogue £20
PLEASE NOTE TICKETS ARE NOW ONLY AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ON THE DOOR
Use the links below for more information on:
How the auction works
Absentee and telephone bidding
Terms and conditions
View Online Gallery
View Catalogue
Auction hosted by Reuters
With special thanks to Ayperi Karabuda Ecer, Jassim Ahmad Karen Chesson and Lynne Bundy and Shannon Ghannam
PV METHODOLOGY RESOURCES
Posted 04 May 2011
PhotoVoice offers a range of free online resources to support the use of participatory photography with different groups.
NEW RESOURCE ONLINE NOW - See it our Way: Participatory photography as a tool for advocacy.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series - Chris Steele Perkins
Event date 14 March 2011
Magnum photographer Chris Steele Perkins will talk about his experience as a photographer whose career has moved between journalism and reportage to the pursuit of personal projects. Chris will touch on issues of truth, responsibility and the role of photojournalism today and share his diverse portfolio of images taken from all corners of the world from Brixton to Afghanistan to Japan.
‘Words on Monday’ series at Kings Place, London, N1 9AG
14th March 2011
7pm
Tickets:£9.50 online*
Please add £2 to the online ticket price if booking by other methods
Book directly from the Kings Place
Magnum photographer Chris Steele Perkins will talk about his experience as a photographer whose career has moved between journalism and reportage to the pursuit of personal projects. Chris will touch on issues of truth, responsibility and the role of photojournalism today and share his diverse portfolio of images taken from all corners of the world from Brixton to Afghanistan to Japan.
Chris Steele-Perkins moved from Rangoon to London with his family in 1949. In 1971 started working as a freelance photographer and started his first foreign work in 1973 in Bangladesh followed by work for relief organizations and travel assignments. In 1975 he worked with EXIT, a group dealing with social problems in British cities. He then joined the Paris-based Viva agency in 1976. In 1979, his first book, The Teds, was published. Chris joined Magnum in 1979 and soon began working extensively in the developing world, in particular in Africa, Central America and Lebanon, as well as continuing to take photographs in Britain. He has published a book on Afghanistan and two books on Japan. His latest project is on people who have lived to be over 100 years old.
His reportages have received high public acclaim and have won several awards. Most recently his book England, My England was shortlisted for British Book Publishers’ Award for best Art/Photography book.
Image ©Chris Steele Perkins / Magnum Photos
London Art Fair - Special Ticket Offer
Event date 19 January 2011
PhotoVoice will be exhibiting photographs by both PhotoVoice participants and professional work by supporting Photographers.
19 – 23 January 2011 Business Design Centre, Islington
Now in it’s 23rd year, London Art Fair presents over one hundred galleries featuring great names of 20th Century British art and exceptional contemporary work from leading figures and emerging talent.
PhotoVoice will be exhibiting photographs by both PhotoVoice participants and professional work by supporting Photographers. We are stand M10 – next to Photo50.
PhotoVoice is also hosting a talk on at 12pm on Wednesday 19th. Book your place
Image Fatigue: Can photographs still be a catalyst for positive social change in a world saturated with images?
Leading photography professionals discuss past and present campaigns that use socially driven imagery and ask whether they still have an impact in today’s media, and if so what makes these images successful in driving social change. The discussion is led by Marc Schlossman (PhotoVoice Trustee and photographer) with Adam Hinton (Photographer), Liz Orton (PhotoVoice Facilitator) Monica Allende (picture Editor Sunday Time Magazine)and Jessica Crombie (Film and Photography Manager, Save the Children).
Please note Gideon Mendel is no longer able to participate in this event.
London Art Fair is offering PhotoVoice subscribers two tickets for the price of one, when booked before 14th January*. The advance ticket price is £11 plus £1.50 booking fee. Call 08448 480 141 or book online at www.londonartfair.co.uk quoting LAF106. Do come and say hello.
* This offer may not be used in conjunction with any other promotion and is offered subject to availability.
Red Dot: AOP Members End of Year Auction and Exhibition in support of Photovoice
Event date 01 December 2010
‘Red Dot’ is a hugely popular event, giving photography fans the opportunity to buy quality photographic prints. Bidding starts at £40.00 for all prints.
Charity Auction Evening - Wednesday 1 December 2010 @ 6.30pm
Exhibtion - 1 December - 13 January 2011
Another AOP silent auction is on it’s way, ‘Red Dot’ a hugely popular event, giving photography fans the opportunity to buy quality photographic prints. Bidding starts at £40.00 for all prints.
Come and place your bids and do your bit for charity! For a sneak preview of the images please click here.
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Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm
Auction Catalogue 2010
Event date 23 November 2010
PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs Gallery 2010
Event date 23 November 2010
Live auction: lots 1-35
Silent auction: lots 36-83
Lot 13 Simon Norfolk Artist Statement
How the Auction Works
Absentee and Telephone Bidding
Terms and Conditions
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010 - Anastasia Taylor-Lind in conversation with Laura Noble
Event date 02 December 2010
Anastasia Taylor-Lind began her career in photojournalism 2004. She studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales Newport and the London College of Communication and is currently based in Syria.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010
Anastasia Taylor-Lind - emerging talent within journalism and documentary photography.
7.30pm Thursday 2nd December
South Place Ethical Society, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
Tickets: £10 in advance, £12 on the door
TICKETS ARE NOW ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Anastasia Taylor-Lind began her career in photojournalism 2004. She studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales Newport and the London College of Communication and is currently based in Syria. She is represented by the VII Mentor program.
Anastasia has won a number of photography awards including the Guardian photography award for this portrait if a Kurdish female fighter.
Laura Noble is the Co-Director of Diemar/Noble Photography, London. She is also the author of The Art of Collecting Photography (AVA 2006), has essays in several monographs, curates and lectures on all aspects of collecting and gallery practice worldwide. As an avid collector she prides herself on discovering new talent and writes extensively on photography in numerous journals including Eyemazing, GUP, Foam, Hotshoe, Snoeks, Next Level and LIP.
www.lauraannnoble.com
Please note - Marcus Bleasdale is no longer able to participate in this event.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010 - Mary McCartney in conversation with Robin Derrick
Event date 11 November 2010
Mary McCartney started her career as a photographer in 1995. Since then Mary’s work has spanned the worlds of portrait and fashion photography. Her style lies in finding a moment that gives us a new insight on the subject.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series 2010
Mary McCartney - established photographer in the world of fashion, portrait and documentary, in conversation with Robin Derrick - Creative Director of British Vogue, Photographer and Director
7.30pm Thursday 11th November
South Place Ethical Society, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
£12 on the door
TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Mary McCartney started her career as a photographer in 1995. Since then Mary’s work has spanned the worlds of portrait and fashion photography. Her style lies in finding a moment that gives us a new insight on the subject.
Mary’s assignments have led to her work appearing in editorial titles such as Harpers Bazaar and Interview Magazine as well as high impact advertising campaigns for clients such as Gossard, Stella McCartney, Adidas, Aga, Bucherer and Mandarin Oriental.
Mary’s first solo exhibition was in October 2004 entitled ‘Off Pointe - A Photographic Study of The Royal Ballet After Hours’ in which she was invited into the private world of the elite Corps De Ballet. This series of black & white photographs reveals an intimate unseen aspect of the world of ballet capturing the prestige and the chaos of life behind the scenes and the contrast between the sometimes gruelling, painful lifestyle of the dancers and their fairy tale performances.
Mary’s first book “From Where I Stand” a retrospective book of her photographic work to date will be published in October 2010 by Thames & Hudson.
Mary will be exhibiting ‘From Where I Stand’ at Michael Hoppen Gallery from 22nd October – 20 November
In 1982 Robin had just begun a three-year degree course at St Martins College of Art when he met Terry Jones, Editor-in-chief of the fledgling style magazine, i-D. For the next four years he worked with Terry on i-D experimenting with early computer graphics and playing with ideas of what a magazine could look like.
As Art Director of The Face, from 1986-87, Robin forged links with Nick Knight, Mario Testino and Juergen Teller. In 1993 Robin took up the position of Art Director at British Vogue and was then appointed Creative Director in 2001. Robin has been a contributing creative director to the Giorgio Armani brand since 2005
Robin also works as a photographer and director, shooting fashion and beauty editorial for the British, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese editions of Vogue as well as US and UK Glamour.
Making the Change
Posted 21 July 2010
Young disabled people across the North West share their view of the transition from child to adult services, informing improvements to services.
More information and image gallery
PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2009
Event date 08 December 2009
The Auction is a firm fixture in the photography industry calendar. Its reputation grows each year and it has become associated with some of the world’s most iconic photography.
PhotoVoice was overwhelmed by the generosity of the photography community this year, and was proud to announce its most impressive collection of prints to date. This year the bidders had the opportunity to bid on prints by legendary masters including Eve Arnold, Bert Hardy, Thurston Hopkins, Patrick Litchfield, Nadav Kander, Mary Ellen Mark, Steve McCurry, Terry O’Neil and Herb Ritts as well as the great names of the future such as Giacomo Brunelli, Li Fan, Tim Hetherington and Anastasia Taylor-Lind.
Images of What is Ours Gallery - Paraguay
Posted 15 April 2010
Images of What is Ours, our Paraguay project with Amnesty International and the Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa communities.
Image © 2010 Jose Florentin / Amnesty International / Tierra Viva / PhotoVoice
More information and image gallery
Opportunities to get involved
Posted 22 March 2010
PhotoVoice is currently recruiting for a new trustee to bring legal expertise to its active board. More details.
PhotoVoice is also currently recruiting for several volunteer interns to support different areas of our work. Find out more.
PhotoVoice Lecture Series
Event date 10 May 2010
Sundance film festival and World Press Photo winner Tim Hetherington will be delivering a lecture at The Kings Place on May 10th 2010.
Click here for full details
PhotoVoice Newsletter February 2010
Posted 11 February 2010
Read the latest PhotoVoice newsletter
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London Art Fair 2009
Posted 22 December 2009
PhotoVoice is delighted to have been invited to exhibit at the London Art Fair for the second year running. For more information and details about the 241 ticket offer please click here
PhotoVoice Training Workshops
New dates have been added - Places are filling up fast, to book please click here
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PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011
Event date 22 November 2011
The renowned PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs is back this autumn, showcasing a unique collection of world class prints from photography legends, contemporary masters and emerging talent.
Over 80 prints will be auctioned, including photographs by Eve Arnold, Tim Flach, Veronica Bailey, Herb Ritts, Brian Griffin, Tony McGee, Sarah Moon, Simon Roberts and David Chancellor.
Tuesday 22nd November
6pm-10pm, live auction starts 8pm
Auctioneer: Jeffrey Archer
Hosted by Reuters
The Thomson Reuters Building, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5EP
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>Tickets £20 in advance - click here to book tickets
Kindly supported by Reuters and Clifford Chance
For an early glimpse of our auction lots, visit our preview exhibition at La Galleria Pall Mall, from 14th-18th November, click here for more details.
The Silent Auction has already opened!
See our online catalogue for all our silent auction lots and details of how to bid!
Auction catalogue
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